Simonstone
General information
Location	Simonstone,Ribble Valley,Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°47′54″N2°20′35″W / 53.7984°N 2.3430°W /53.7984; -2.3430
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 October 1877	Opened[1]
2 December 1957	Closed[1]
Location

Simonstone railway station was located on the east side of Simonstone Lane, 0.75 miles (1 km) south ofSimonstone centre and nearPadiham,Lancashire, England. It was on a branch line (usually known as theGreat Harwood loop) of theEast Lancashire Line, from Burnley to Blackburn.

The line between Padiham and Rose Grove opened in 1875. West of Padiham it opened two years later as a result of difficulties in constructing the embankments betweenGreat Harwood and Simonstone in the vicinity ofMartholme Viaduct over the River Calder.

It was closed on 2 December 1957 and the station later demolished. The railway line from Burnley to Simonstone was partly retained as far asBlackburn Road, just west of Padiham, for continuing deliveries of coal toPadiham Power Station until the power station closed in 1993. The nearest station is now atHapton, about 2 miles (3 km) south of Padiham.

Part of the old station site has been converted to an industrial estate.

The Martholme Viaduct on the line between Simonstone andGreat Harwood remains and is about 2.5 miles (4 km) west.

Lancashire County Council began work in 2005 to convert part of the line to a footpath/bridleway/cycle path to be calledPadiham Greenway. The route stretches from Mollywood Lane, Rose Grove toPadiham Memorial Park and is about 1.5 miles (2 km) long.^[2] The Greenway was officially opened on 24 June 2010. It links to theRiver Calder Greenway and the towpath of theLeeds and Liverpool Canal to form a circular route and also has a branch toGawthorpe Hall a National Trust property in Padiham. The route also links to the East Lancashire line atHapton,Rose Grove andBurnley Barracks.^[3]
In 2017 the Martholme Greenway group reopened the section from Simonstone lane to Gooseleach wood as a public footpath. This required the manufacture and installation of two new bridges to replace ones removed when the line closed and the creation of access steps off Simonstone lane.

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