Rochdale–Bacup line

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Legend

| Bacup |  |

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Stacksteads |  |

|  | Britannia
Waterfoot |  |

|  | Shawforth
Clough Fold |  |

|  | Facit
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|  | Whitworth
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to Rochdale

to Accrington

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|  | Rawtenstall
Haslingden |  |

|  |  | Ewood Bridge

and Edenfield
Helmshore |  |

|  | Irwell Vale
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East Lancashire Railway

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|  | Stubbins
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to Bury

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The Rochdale–Bacup line was a branch railway line which ran between Rochdale in Lancashire and Bacup in Lancashire via seven intermediate stops, Wardleworth, Shawclough and Healey, Broadley, Whitworth, Facit, Shawforth, and Britannia.

## History

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### Opening

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It opened in two stages, from Rochdale to Facit in 1870, and from Facit to Bacup in 1881.

### Closure

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Passenger trains were withdrawn from the line in 1947, although the section from Rochdale to Facit remained open to goods trains until 1963 and to Whitworth until 1967.

## See also

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* Roch Valley Viaduct

## References

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* Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt

## External links

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* British Railways in 1960, Rochdale to Bacup

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