Rishton train station
You can reach 17 stations directly from Rishton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Accrington, with 36 trains a day.
Direct trains from Rishton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Blackburn | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Bamber Bridge | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Burnley Central | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Brierfield | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Burnley Barracks | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Colne | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Church and Oswaldtwistle | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Cherry Tree | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Huncoat | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Hapton | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Lostock Hall | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Mill Hill | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Nelson | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Pleasington | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Preston | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Rose Grove | 36 | 36 | 14 |
| Ansdell and Fairhaven | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Blackpool South | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Lytham | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Moss Side | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| St Annes-on-the-Sea | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Squires Gate | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Lines serving Rishton
Rishton is on the East Lancashire Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Rishton station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Rishton station on 14 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 3 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 5 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Rishton station is
41,332 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,112th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Rishton and Blackburn than any other pair: 8,294 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.
Nearest other stations
- Church and Oswaldtwistle 1.5 miles
- Accrington 2.2 miles
- Ramsgreave and Wilpshire 2.6 miles
- Blackburn 2.7 miles
- Huncoat 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Rishton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Great Harwood · 1.8 miles
- Daisyfield · 2.0 miles
- Lower Darwen · 3.5 miles
- Simonstone · 4.0 miles
- Baxenden · 4.1 miles
- Padiham · 4.9 miles
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Facilities at Rishton station
Rishton is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Rishton station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 July 2026.
Getting to Rishton station
Rishton station is in Hyndburn, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M65 J6 (Whitebirk Roundabout), 0.3 miles south-west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Rishton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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