Earby railway station

Earby was a junction railway station that served the town of Earby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England; since 1974, the town lies within the boundaries of the administrative county of Lancashire.

History
The station was built by the Midland Railway, on the former Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne; it opened in 1848.

The main line continued towards Skipton to the north. South of Earby, in the direction of Colne, there was a junction with a short branch towards Barnoldswick. The latter route succumbed to the Beeching Axe in September 1965, but the station remained open until 2 February 1970 when passenger trains between Colne and Skipton were withdrawn and the line closed to all traffic.

The track through the station was lifted the following year, but the platforms and main buildings survived until final demolition in late 1976.

The site today
The goods shed and former weighbridge still stand, having been bought by a local engineering company and were adapted for commercial use.

The station site and former railway alignment have been protected from potential redevelopment by Lancashire County Council pending possible future reinstatement of the route as a transport corridor.

The trackbed is now a shared-use path.