Ribble Valley Line

Ribble Valley Line

Principal stations (south to north) (Caldervale Line) Blackburn Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Langho Whalley Clitheroe

The Ribble Valley Line is a railway line that runs from Blackburn to the small market town of Clitheroe in Lancashire. Passenger services run only as far as Clitheroe but the line continues through north Lancashire towards the Yorkshire town of Hellifield, where it joins the Settle – Carlisle line.

The line was closed to passengers in 1962, but continued to be used for diversions and for freight. After a public campaign, the line was re-opened to passengers in 1994.

The towns and villages on the route are:

• Blackburn
• Ramsgreave and Wilpshire
• Langho
• Whalley
• Clitheroe

Passenger services from Clitheroe to Manchester via Blackburn are operated by Northern Rail. On summer Sundays Northern Rail also operates the DalesRail service, which starts at Blackpool and continues beyond Clitheroe to the Settle - Carlisle line, where it calls at all the stations on route to Carlisle.

External links

• Ribble Valley Rail
• DalesRail

Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   East Coast Main Line   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Chester-Manchester Line    Hope Valley Line   Liverpool-Manchester Line    Manchester-Preston Line   Settle-Carlisle Railway
Commuter lines:	Airedale Line Blackburn-Bolton Line   Caldervale Line   Mid-Cheshire Line   Dearne Valley Line    East Lancashire Line   Glossop Line   Hallam Line   Harrogate Line   Huddersfield Line Kirkby Branch Line    Lancaster-Heysham Line   Leeds-Bradford Lines   Liverpool-Wigan Line    Manchester Airport Line    Manchester-Southport Line   Northern Line   Oldham Loop Line   Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line    Ormskirk Branch Line   Pontefract Line   Sheffield-Hull Line   Sheffield-Lincoln Line   Stockport-Stalybridge Line    Wakefield Line   Wharfedale Line   Wirral Line   York & Selby Lines  York-Scarborough Line
Rural lines:	Barton Line   Borderlands Line   Buxton Line   Cumbrian Coast Line   Doncaster-Lincoln Line    Durham Coast Line   Esk Valley Line   Tees Valley Line   Furness Line   Hull-York Line     Oxenholme-Windermere Line   Penistone Line   Ribble Valley Line   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway    Yorkshire Coast Line