{{Short description|Former railway station in England}} {{confused|Springvale railway station}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox station | name = Spring Vale | status = Disused | image = | borough = Spring Vale, Blackburn with Darwen | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.6868|-2.4572|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | platforms = 2 | original = Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway | pregroup = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway | years = {{Start date|1847|08|03|df=yes}} | events = Opened as ''Sough''; terminus of line | years1 = 12 June 1848 | events1 = Line extended to Bolton | years2 = November 1870 | events2 = Renamed ''Spring Vale and Sough'' | years3 = 1 March 1877 | events3 = Renamed ''Spring Vale'' | years4 = {{end date|1958|08|05|df=y}} | events4 = Closed to passengers }}

'''Spring Vale railway station''' was a railway station that served the community of Spring Vale, in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It was opened by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway on 3 August 1847, and was originally named ''Sough''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=214 }}</ref> At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to {{stnlnk|Bolton}} opened on 12 June 1848 and was just located south of the road bridge at the top off Cranberry Lane<ref>{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |author-link=John Marshall (railway historian) |title=The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1 |year=1969 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4352-1 |pages=178, 181 }}</ref> The station was moved 150 yards north and was renamed ''Spring Vale and Sough'' in November 1870,<ref>{{harvnb|Butt|1995|pp=214, 218}}</ref> and ''Spring Vale'' on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958,<ref>{{harvnb|Butt|1995|p=218}}</ref><ref>{{Daniels-NoMore |publisher=GLO |edition=2nd |page=23 }}</ref> two days after nearby {{stnlnk|Lower Darwen}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Daniels|Dench|1963|p=18}}</ref> It achieved noteworthiness when, on the night of 25 September 1931, Mahatma Gandhi alighted from a train there to spend the night with a local family whilst visiting England to see the effects of his cotton making campaign on the British textile industry.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==References== {{reflist}} *Welch, S. ''Lancashire Steam Finale'', {{ISBN|1-870754-61-1}}

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Category:Former railway stations in Blackburn with Darwen Category:Darwen Category:Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 Category:1847 establishments in England

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