| General information | |||||
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| Location | Mill Hill,Blackburn with Darwen England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°44′06″N2°30′07″W / 53.735°N 2.502°W /53.735; -2.502 | ||||
| Grid reference | SD670266 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MLH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | East Lancashire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 December 1884 | Opened[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | |||||
| 2020/21 | |||||
| 2021/22 | |||||
| 2022/23 | |||||
| 2023/24 | |||||
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Mill Hill railway station serves Mill Hill in theBlackburn with Darwen borough inLancashire, England. It is1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) west ofBlackburn railway station. It is anisland platformed station managed byNorthern. It was opened by theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1884, almost forty years after the line itself.
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 toBlackburn town centre. It is the nearest station toEwood Park, the home ofBlackburn Rovers.
Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Mill Hill towardsPreston westbound and an hourly service to Blackburn,Burnley Central andColne eastbound. A single morning peak service fromYork to Preston also calls, along with a corresponding evening peak train to Leeds.
There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[3]
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Tree | Northern (East Lancashire Line) | Blackburn | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Cherry Tree | L&YR /LNWR joint Lancashire Union Railway | Blackburn | ||