Spring Vale railway station

{{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.{{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 }} 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{{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 }} The station was moved 150 yards north and was renamed Spring Vale and Sough in November 1870,{{harvnb|Butt|1995|pp=214, 218}} and Spring Vale on 1 March 1877. It was closed on 5 August 1958,{{harvnb|Butt|1995|p=218}}{{Daniels-NoMore |publisher=GLO |edition=2nd |page=23 }} two days after nearby {{stnlnk|Lower Darwen}}.{{harvnb|Daniels|Dench|1963|p=18}}

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}}