[1] Construction began in 1847, and it was intended that it would be completed by 1 December the same year.
The route required tunnels beyond Newchurch, and the expense of these meant that construction was curtailed, and the line was opened as far as Newchurch, where a station was opened on 27 March 1848.
[2][3] Construction of the line onwards to Bacup resumed in 1851, and this was opened on 1 October 1852.
[4] The whole line between Rawtenstall and Bacup was single-track at first; work to double the track began in 1878, and was completed in 1881.
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