Mill Hill railway station (Lancashire)

Mill Hill railway station serves the Blackburn suburb of Mill Hill, England, 1 1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) west of Blackburn railway station. It is an island platformed suburban station managed by Northern. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1884, almost forty years after the line itself. It was built to serve Blackburn's expanding western residential district and several nearby cotton mills.

This article is about the railway station in Lancashire. For the similar-named station in Greater Manchester, see Mills Hill railway station.

Mill Hill (Lancashire)
LocationMill Hill, Blackburn with Darwen
England
Coordinates53.735°N 2.502°W / 53.735; -2.502
Grid referenceSD670266
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMLH
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyEast Lancashire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1884Opened[1]
Passengers
2015/16 71,840
2016/17 73,470
2017/18 69,456
2018/19 56,492
2019/20 72,962
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is unstaffed, with no permanent buildings other than basic shelters on the platform. Digital information screens and a P.A system are installed to give intending passengers train running information.

As of January 2018, along with other stations on this line, a new touch screen ticket machine was added to the Station.

It has no step-free disabled access, with an entrance down a single flight of stairs from street level.[2] From the street level above there are also direct bus services to Blackburn town centre.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Mill Hill towards Preston westbound and an hourly service to Blackburn, Burnley Central and Colne eastbound. A single morning peak service from York to Preston also calls, along with a corresponding evening peak train to Leeds.

There is now also an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[3]

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. Mill Hill (Lancs) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016
  3. Table 97 National Rail timetable, May 2018
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cherry Tree   Northern
(East Lancashire Line)		   Blackburn
  Historical railways  
Cherry Tree   L&YR / LNWR joint
Lancashire Union Railway		   Blackburn
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