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Calder Valley line

Blackpool → York · England

From Blackpool across Lancashire by Preston and Blackburn, over the Pennines through Burnley, Hebden Bridge and Halifax, reversing at Bradford Interchange on the way to Leeds and York.

Distance
168 km
Fastest time
2 h 38 min
Average speed
64 km/h

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Calder Valley line, Blackpool to York
Photo · Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmBlackpool North
  2. 5 kmPoulton-le-Fylde
  3. 16 kmKirkham and Wesham
  4. 28 kmPreston +2
  5. 48 kmBlackburn
  6. 56 kmAccrington
  7. Show 4 more stations
    1. 66 kmBurnley Manchester Road
    2. 86 kmHebden Bridge
    3. 100 kmHalifax
    4. 112 kmBradford Interchange
  8. 118 kmNew Pudsey
  9. 127 kmLeeds +5
  10. 139 kmGarforth +1
  11. 151 kmChurch Fenton
  12. 168 kmYork +4

The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the Northern on 17 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

  • Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6384191: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
  • Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of Northern
  • Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Calder Valley line?

The Calder Valley line runs 168 km from Blackpool to York.

How long does the Calder Valley line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 38 min for the 168 km. That is an average of 64 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Calder Valley line?

Northern.

How old is the Calder Valley line?

The line has been in service since 1869. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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