Accrington railway station
Accrington railway station serves the town of Accrington in Lancashire, England. It is a station on the East Lancashire line 6+1⁄4 miles east of Blackburn railway station operated by Northern Trains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Accrington Railway Station”, “Accrington Station”, and “ACR”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Accrington Library and Globe Works.
Accrington Library
Library
Photo: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire. In 1904 a sum of £7,500 was offered to the town by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the building of a new library. Accrington Library is situated 780 feet east of Accrington railway station.
Globe Works
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Globe Works is a former industrial works in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that following refurbishment contains rented offices and conference rooms and is known as the Globe Centre. Globe Works is situated 780 feet south of Accrington railway station.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Accrington railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Accrington and Church.
Accrington
Photo: Benkid77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Accrington is a town in East Lancashire. The town's main visitor attraction is the Tiffany glass collection in its art gallery, and the stark natural beauty of the Pennine moors all around.
Church
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church is a large village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, situated one mile west of Accrington. The village had a population of 5,186 at the 2011 census, an increase from 3,990 according to the 2001 census.
Oswaldtwistle
Town
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oswaldtwistle is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, 3 miles southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington. The town has a rich industrial heritage, being home to James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, and Robert "Parsley" Peel of calico printing fame.
Accrington railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Hyndburn District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7528° or 53° 45′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.37012° or 2° 22′ 12″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“ACR”Open location code
9C5VQJ3H+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3715250477OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Accrington railway station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة قطار أكرينغتون”
- Dutch: “station Accrington”
- Dutch: “Station Accrington”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة اكرينجتون”
- French: “Accrington”
- French: “gare d’Accrington”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Accrington railway station”. Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.