Blackburn

CRS Code	BBN
Collected date	08/09/14

You might think from Blackburn's traditional frontage that this was a traditional preserved station building, but in fact it has undergone several rebuilds, the most recent preserving only the frontage of the original buildings. The station front, seen from the road:

Under the glazed canopy looking north:

The north side of the station building:

Inside, though, is a modern concourse, dating from the 1980s:

Looking at the concourse from the ramp leading to the subway connecting the platforms:

The grey and blue tiling of the buildings inside the concourse:

A plaque commemorating the opening of the 1981 concourse:

More plaques commemorating various things about Blackburn:

Up some steps or a short ramp is the subway area which links the two island platforms to the front of the station:

The ramp leading up from the subway to platforms 1-3:

The oval roof:

Looking south on the island platforms 1 and 2:

On platform 1, the westernmost of the platforms, looking north:

Looking south along platform 1:

Looking south along platform 2:

Platform 2, seen from platform 4 opposite:

A south-facing bay, platform 3, sits between platforms 1 and 2:

The ramp from the subway to platform 4:

On platform 4 looking south at the art installation in the wall:

Looking south from the northern end of platform 4:

The northern end of platform 4:

Platforms 2 and 4 looking north:

Looking north along the line from the end of platform 4:

Looking south along the line from the other end of platform 4:

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