Rose Grove railway station
The railway reached Rose Grove in 1848, and the East Lancashire Railway Company built the station to serve the Rose Grove area together with the town of Padiham, a slight distance away.Rose Grove was formerly the site of an engine shed, which was one of the last to house steam locomotives on British Railways.The last remnants of the Great Harwood Loop towards Padiham have also disappeared, the line having been closed in 1993 with the end of oil traffic to the power station there.During the mid to late 1980s,[1] Rose Grove was the starting point for an Inter City "Holidaymaker" Saturday service; in the 1989 timetable this ran as the 06:50 to Paignton via Preston and Birmingham New Street, leaving Paignton at 14:10 for the return journey.In the spring 2023 timetable, the station has two services per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays.