Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, just north of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. The station is 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of Blackburn railway station.

Ramsgreave & Wilpshire
General information
Location	Ramsgreave, Ribble Valley England
Grid reference	SD685316
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RGW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	May 1994
Passengers
2018/19	94,584
2019/20	0.111 million
2020/21	37,484
2021/22	96,952
2022/23	0.104 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The present station was built 400 yards (370 m) south of the original Wilpshire station which served the Ribble Valley Line until its closure just before the Beeching Axe in 1962. When the line was re opened in 1994 a new site had to be found, due to the construction of houses which blocked access to the old station. The platforms which served as the old Wilpshire Station (also known as "Wilpshire for Ribchester") can still be seen.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but has a ticket machine on the south platform, as of 2020. There are waiting shelters and customer help points on each platform; automatic announcements also provide real-time train running information. The ramps to both platforms have steps, so no step-free access is available.

Services

The station is operated by Northern Trains, and is served by a daily hourly service northbound to Clitheroe and southbound to Blackburn and Manchester Victoria, with extra trains during the morning peak.

On Saturdays (June 2024 onwards) two trains operate from Rochdale through Manchester Victoria and along the Ribble Valley Line via Clitheroe and Hellifield and onwards towards Ribblehead. (This replaces the previous Dales Rail service from Blackpool/Preston to Hellifield and Carlisle).

External links

• Train times and station information for Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Langho		Northern Trains Ribble Valley Line		Blackburn
	Disused railways
Langho Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Blackburn Railway		Daisyfield Line open, station closed