Rishton railway station
Rishton railway station is in the southern part of the town of Rishton, Lancashire, England. The station is on the East Lancashire Line, operated by Northern Trains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Rishton, Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “RIS”, “Rishton Railway Station”, and “Rishton Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Rishton and Crown Ground.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Rishton
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Rishton is situated 1,400 feet north of Rishton railway station.
Crown Ground
Stadium
Photo: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crown Ground is a multi-use stadium in Accrington, Lancashire, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Accrington Stanley. Opened in 1968, the stadium has a capacity of 5,450. Crown Ground is situated 2 miles east of Rishton railway station.
Church & Oswaldtwistle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church & Oswaldtwistle railway station serves both the village of Church and the town of Oswaldtwistle, in Lancashire, England. The station is 5+1⁄3 miles east of Blackburn railway station, on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern Trains. Church & Oswaldtwistle railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rishton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors.
Rishton
Town
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about 2 miles west of Clayton-le-Moors and 4 miles north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.
Clayton-le-Moors
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton-le-Moors is an industrial town in the Borough of Hyndburn in the county of Lancashire, England. located two miles north of Accrington. The town has a population of 8,522 according to the 2011 census.
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.
Rishton 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
53.76383° or 53° 45′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.42019° or 2° 25′ 13″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“RIS”Open location code
9C5VQH7H+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3715250500OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Rishton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Rishton”
- Dutch: “Station Rishton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ريشتون”
- French: “gare de Rishton”
- French: “Rishton”
- Japanese: “リシュトン駅”
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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 “Rishton railway station”. Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.