Pleasington railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Lancashire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Pleasington

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Pleasington Railway Station.jpg

| borough = Pleasington, Blackburn with Darwen

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SD642262|25|SD642262}}

| manager = Northern

| platforms = 2

| code = PLS

| classification = DfT category F2

| opened = 1846

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 10,844}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 2,772}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 9,632}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{decrease}} 8,064}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{decrease}} 7,720}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Pleasington railway station serves the village of Pleasington in Lancashire, England. The station is on the East Lancashire Line 3 miles (5 km) west of Blackburn railway station. It is managed by Northern, who also provide all the passenger services calling there.

It is unstaffed, and has no permanent buildings, other than standard waiting shelters. A long line PA system and digital information screens are provided, Step free access for disabled travellers is provided by means of ramps to each platform.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PLS/details.html PLeasington station facilities] National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 25 November 2016

As of January 2018, along with other stations on this line, a new touch screen Ticket Machine was added to the station.

A £2,000 refurbishment scheme at the station, funded by East Lancs Community Rail Partnership and the local authority, was carried out in 2015, by a consortium of college students, community workers and volunteers.[http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/12873457.Pleasington_railway_station_to_get___2_000_makeover/?ref=rss "Pleasington railway station in Blackburn to get £2,000 makeover"] Jacobs, Bill Lancashire Telegraph article 6 April 2015; Retrieved 21 November 2016