There were stations at Rawtenstall, Cloughfold, Stacksteads and Bacup.
As the Irwell valley is quite narrow the line had many engineering features in its 5-mile (8.0 km) length, including 14 crossings of the River Irwell alone, plus many over and underbridges, embankments and cuttings, and tunnels at Thrutch Gorge (The Glen) in Waterfoot.
A foot and cycle path now follows much of the route including the 1⁄8-mile (200 m) Newchurch No.
However, there are proposals to reopen the line as part of the Governments strategy to reopen old rail lines in the country which have been closed in the 1960s or later cuts under British Rail.
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