(closed 1972, but reopened in 2015). Stansfield Hall station opened 1869, closed July 1944 here is Kitsonwood Tunnel (290 yards) Nott Wood (Lydgate) viaduct Cornholme station closed to all traffic 26 September 1938 Portsmouth closed 7 July 1958 Copy Pit summit (749 ft) Holme Tunnel (265 yards) Holme: closed 28 July 1930 Towneley Tunnel (398 yards) Towneley: serving the nearby Towneley Hall, closed 4 August 1952 Burnley Manchester Road station: (there are also Burnley Barracks and Burnley Central see below) Gannow Junction where the line joins from Colne, Nelson, Brierfield, Burnley Central and Burnley Barracks Rose Grove has an island platform with 2 disused bay platforms. here was the Rose Grove Junction for the North Lancashire Loop, an alternative route to Blackburn via Padiham, Simonstone and Great Harwood (closed to passengers 2 December 1957) Hapton Huncoat Accrington here was the triangular junction for the line to Bury (closed 5 December 1966) Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Rishton Tunnel here was the other end of the line from Burnley at Great Harwood Junction Blackburn Tunnel Blackburn to Preston This line is described in more detail in East Lancashire line. Blackburn: junction of the line to Bolton Mill Hill Cherry Tree here was the L&YR/LNWR joint line (the Lancashire Union Joint Railway) to Chorley and the West Coast Route (opened 1 November 1869 and closed to passengers 4 January 1960) Pleasington Hoghton Bamber Bridge here was a junction for a direct route to Preston, the surviving route continues to Preston via Lostock Hall where there are further junctions, including one for the former through route to Liverpool. Preston to Blackpool This route is described in more detail in Blackpool branch lines. Preston: the joint LNWR/L&YR station on the West Coast Route Lea Road Salwick Kirkham and Wesham here were junctions: for the direct route to Blackpool; and the coast route via Lytham St Annes on Sea Singleton Poulton-le-Fylde here was the junction for Fleetwood (line closed to passengers 1 June 1970) Layton (opened as Bispham) Blackpool North was named Talbot Road Holme Tunnel engineering work Holme Tunnel, which lies between Hebden Bridge and Burnley Manchester Road, was closed for 20 weeks from November 2013 until March 2014. This was to allow for major engineering work to fix the distorted shape of the tunnel, caused by movement of the ground through which it passes. The project was budgeted to cost £16.3million. During the works,