Darwen

CRS Code	DWN
Collected date	16/09/16

Darwen station is a two-platform station on the Clitheroe line. The only remaining building of the original 19th Century construction is the old station master's house, now a veterinary surgery:

To the right of the vets is the ramp entrance to platform 2, for trains towards Blackburn:

The entrance on to platform 2:

Further to the right of the ramped entrance is a set of steps from the car park up to the platform:

On platform 2 looking south with the shelters on the right:

At the southern end of the platform looking over the Atlas Road road bridge:

On platform 2 looking north:

At the other end of platform 2 looking north:

Looking back south along the platform:

Access between the two platforms is via Atlas Road which crosses under the line just south of the station:

On the far side of the bridge is this small forecourt area:

The line was being improved when we visited:

The plaque marks the opening of the railway between Blackburn and Bolton in 1847:

From the forecourt a curved ramp leads up to platform 1:

Platform 1:

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