Burnley Barracks railway station

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Burnley Barracks railway station serves Burnley in England on the East Lancashire Line, about half a mile west of Burnley Central.

Today the station has one platform (the line was reduced to a single track in 1986). It is unstaffed and a request stop, but it has passenger information screens, timetable boards and a PA system.

The weekday service runs hourly from Burnley Barracks to Colne (east) and Preston (west). On Sundays the service is every two hours in each direction, with Sunday trains continuing on to Blackpool South. Since 14 May 2012, Burnley Barracks has been a request stop along with Hapton, Huncoat and Pleasington.

History:
- Opened on 18 September 1848 as Burnley Westgate, a temporary terminus for the East Lancashire Railway while the line to Colne was built.
- Closed on 1 February 1849 when the Colne extension opened.
- Reopened in 1851 as Burnley Barracks.
- The nearby barracks, home to the East Lancashire Regiment, closed in December 1898 and the site was sold.
- In the 1960s and 1970s surrounding Victorian terraces were demolished; the M65 motorway opened in the early 1980s, reducing the area’s population and the station’s prominence.
- New housing north of the M65, connected by a footbridge, has increased usage.

Passenger numbers have varied but have risen in recent years (around 9,000 in 2020/21 to about 30,000 in 2023/24).

The station was featured in Paul Merton's Secret Stations in 2016. If the Skipton–Colne rail link reopens and the East Lancashire Line is modernised, Burnley Barracks could close to passengers.