Brierfield
Looking northward, towards Nelson in 2008
General information
Location	Brierfield,Pendle England
Coordinates	53°49′30″N2°14′13″W / 53.825°N 2.237°W /53.825; -2.237
Grid reference	SD845365
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BRF
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 February 1849	Opened asMarsden
1 August 1857	RenamedBrierfield
Passengers
2019/20	37,688
2020/21	8,976
2021/22	27,308
2022/23	29,410
2023/24	29,958
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Brierfield railway station serves the town ofBrierfield, Lancashire, England and is on theEast Lancashire Line2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) east ofBurnley Central railway station towardsColne (the terminus). The station is managed byNorthern Trains, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.

The station is unstaffed and only has basic facilities (no waiting room, just a shelter and a modern ticket vending machine), though there are passenger information screens, timetable posters and a long-line PA system in place to provide train running information. The platform has step-free access from the adjoining street.^[1]

The station, originally namedMarsden, opened with theEast Lancashire Railway's line betweenBurnley andColne on 1 February 1849. It was8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) fromAccrington, and on 1 August 1857 it was renamedBrierfield.^[2][3] The line through the station has been single track since December 1986, but the double track-bed and the disused down platform are still in place, as is the old station building (though this is now privately owned).

Thesignal box (which was built in 1876 and latterly only operated the adjacentlevel crossing) was abolished and dismantled in September 2014, when the crossing was converted to automatic operation under the remote supervision of Preston PSB.^[4] The box structure has been donated to a local arts organisation (In-Situ) and is to be rebuilt nearby at Brierfield Mills.

There is an active Rail user Group based here - "The Friends of Brierfield Station"

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Brierfield towardsBurnley Central,Accrington,Blackburn andPreston westbound andColne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains toBlackpool South.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burnley Central		Northern Trains East Lancashire Line		Nelson
Historical railways
Reedley Hallows Halt Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway East Lancashire Railway		Nelson Line and station open

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