Waterfoot railway station
Waterfoot railway station served Waterfoot, Rossendale near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England from 1848 until the line closed in 1966. History. The railway line from to , an extension of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), was authorised on 27 July 1846. Construction began in 1847, and it was intended that it would be completed by 1 December the same year. The route required tunnels beyond Newchurch, and the expense of these meant that construction was curtailed, and the line was opened as far as "Newchurch", where a station was opened on 27 March 1848. Construction of the line onwards to  Bacup resumed in 1851, and this was opened on 1 October 1852. The ELR amalgamated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859. The whole line between Rawtenstall and Bacup was single-track at first; work to double the track began in 1878, and was completed in 1881. The station, originally named "Newchurch", was renamed "Waterfoot for Newchurch" on 1 August 1881; and the name was simplified to "Waterfoot" by 1922. The station was closed on 5 December 1966.