Waterfoot railway station served Waterfoot, Rossendale near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England from 1848 until the line closed in 1966.
History The railway line from to , an extension of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), was authorised on 27 July 1846. Construction began in 1847, and it was intended that it would be completed by 1 December the same year. The route required tunnels beyond Newchurch, and the expense of these meant that construction was curtailed, and the line was opened as far as Newchurch, where a station was opened on 27 March 1848.
Construction of the line onwards to Bacup resumed in 1851, and this was opened on 1 October 1852. The ELR amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859. The whole line between Rawtenstall and Bacup was single-track at first; work to double the track began in 1878, and was completed in 1881.
The station, originally named Newchurch, was renamed Waterfoot for Newchurch on 1 August 1881; and the name was simplified to Waterfoot by 1922.
The station was closed on 5 December 1966.. The station was demolished after closure and there are no remains.
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References
Further reading Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ()