Colne

CRS Code	CNE
Collected date	11/09/14

Colne station was once a waystation on the line between Preston and Skipton but is now a terminus after the line was cut back in 1970. So it made a pleasant place to wander around to grab some lunch before returning to get some photos of the station.

The entrance to the station from the road:

Beyond the car park there is a small paved forecourt:

Two plaques on the wall of the forecourt mark the line's original opening and later the closure of the stretch to Skipton:

A ramp leads up to the single platform:

The ramp leads on to the platform. The exit from the platform to the ramp:

The shelter is a modern aluminium thing with a ticket machine inside:

Looking south from the end of the platform along the line:

Looking south along the platform from its other end:

Looking north at the northern end of the platform, with the buffers of the truncated line just beyond and a second entrance/exit on the right:

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001