Blackburn railway station

You can reach 75 stations directly from Blackburn on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Accrington, with 108 trains a day.

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Blackburn is the nearest station for postcodes in BB1. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Blackburn

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Accrington	108	108	58
Manchester Victoria	101	101	32
Rochdale	98	97	16
Salford Crescent	97	95	16
Salford Central	95	94	15
Preston	73	73	41
Burnley Manchester Road	72	72	43
Rose Grove	72	72	31
Bromley Cross	65	65	16
Bolton	65	65	16
Darwen	65	65	16
Hall i' th' Wood	65	65	16
Castleton	62	61	16
Mills Hill	62	61	16
Moston	62	61	16
Bamber Bridge	41	41	15
Lostock Hall	41	41	15
Mill Hill	41	41	14
Clitheroe	38	42	0
Cherry Tree	38	38	14
Entwistle	38	38	15
Langho	38	42	0
Pleasington	38	38	14
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire	38	42	0
Whalley	38	42	0
Bradford Interchange	36	36	27
Blackpool North	36	36	26
Church and Oswaldtwistle	36	36	30
Hebden Bridge	36	36	27
Huncoat	36	36	14
Halifax	36	36	27
Hapton	36	36	14
Leeds	36	36	27
Littleborough	36	36	16
Poulton-le-Fylde	36	36	26
Rishton	36	36	14
Todmorden	36	36	16
Burnley Central	35	36	15
Brierfield	35	36	15
Burnley Barracks	35	36	14

and 35 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Blackburn is

1,297,980 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 431st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 82,591 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Blackburn and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 244,514 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 51 stations instead of 75, a drop of about 32%. Saturday runs to 65.

Nearest other stations

Mill Hill 1.2 miles
Cherry Tree 1.9 miles
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire 2.3 miles
Rishton 2.7 miles
Pleasington 2.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Blackburn, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Daisyfield · 0.7 miles
Lower Darwen · 1.7 miles
Feniscowles · 2.8 miles
Spring Vale · 4.2 miles
Withnell · 4.3 miles
Great Harwood · 4.3 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.