East Lancashire Railway

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heritage railway

The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in North West England that operates preserved steam and diesel services along a former main line between Heywood and Rawtenstall.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage railway →
country	United Kingdom →
crossesRiver	River Irwell →
gauge	standard gauge →
hasDepot	Baron Street depot, Bury →
hasHeritageFeature	semaphore signalling → traditional signal boxes →
hasNotableDieselClass	British Rail Class 37 → British Rail Class 40 → British Rail Class 47 → British Rail Class 50 →
hasNotableLocomotive	BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives →
hasStation	Burrs Country Park railway station → Bury Bolton Street railway station → Heywood railway station → Irwell Vale railway station → Ramsbottom railway station → Rawtenstall railway station → Summerseat railway station →
headquartersLocation	Bury, Greater Manchester →
heritageLineLength	approximately 12.5 miles →
laterOperator	British Railways → Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway →
lineClosedToFreight	1980 →
lineClosedToPassengers	1972 →
locatedIn	Greater Manchester → Lancashire → North West England →
openedAsHeritageRailway	1987 →
operatesEvent	Santa Special trains → diesel gala events → steam gala events → themed dining trains →
operatesServiceType	preserved diesel services → preserved steam services →
originalLineOpened	1846 →
originalOperator	East Lancashire Railway (historic company) →
reopenedSection	Bury to Heywood → Bury to Ramsbottom → Ramsbottom to Rawtenstall →
runsThrough	Irwell Valley →
terminus	Heywood → Rawtenstall →
usesLine	former main line between Heywood and Rawtenstall →
website	https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/ →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bury → Ramsbottom →	knownFor
Rossendale Valley →	hasHeritageRailway
Bury →	hasRailway
Rossendale Valley →	hasTransportHistory
Rawtenstall railway station →	heritageLine
Rawtenstall railway station ("East Lancashire Railway (heritage operator)") →	operator
Rawtenstall railway station ("East Lancashire Railway (historic company)") →	originalCompany
East Lancashire Railway ("East Lancashire Railway (historic company)") →	originalOperator
Ramsbottom ("East Lancashire Railway heritage line") →	railwayLine
Rawtenstall →	servedByRailway