Colne railway station
Colne 
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| Location | |
| Place | Colne |
| Local authority | Pendle |
| Coordinates | 53°51′19″N 2°10′56″W / 53.8553°N 2.1822°WCoordinates: 53°51′19″N 2°10′56″W / 53.8553°N 2.1822°W |
| Grid reference | SD881398 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CNE |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 98,026 |
| 2012/13 |
 92,146 |
| 2013/14 |
98,114 |
| 2014/15 |
96,830 |
| 2015/16 |
96,946 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 October 1848 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Colne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Colne railway station serves the Lancashire mill town of Colne, England, which is situated close to Pendle Hill. The station, which is managed by Northern, is the eastern terminus of the East Lancashire Line. Trains from Blackpool South run through Preston and Blackburn to Burnley and Colne.
Currently the station only has a single platform and a shelter. The old station was demolished in 1971, after the closure of the line from Colne to Skipton, which had occurred in the previous year.
Though unstaffed, the station now has a ticket machine in place to allow travellers to buy or collect tickets prior to travelling. Passenger information screens and a PA system have also been installed to provide train running information for users. A ramp provides step-free access from the station car park and main road to the platform.
On Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service from Colne to Preston and Blackpool South via Burnley Central serving all local stations en route.
On Sundays the service is every two hours. but the new Northern Rail franchise operator plans to increase this to hourly in the future.
The station opened on 2 October 1848, as the terminus of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway from Bradford and Skipton. The station became an end-on junction with the East Lancashire Railway's Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington and Colne Extension Railway, which opened on 1 February 1849. By 2 April in the same year the line was part of a through route between Leeds and Liverpool, but the majority of passenger trains east of Colne were local between Skipton and Colne.
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