Total  length  92]  miles.  Length  open  24  miles.  29  Passen-
ger and  Goods  Stations.  Que  portion  commences  in  junction
with  the  Liverpool  and  Bury  Railway  at  Liverpool.  Passes
through  Ormskirk,  Blackburn,  Accrington,  and  Burnley,  to
Colne,  where  it  joins  the  Leeds  and  Bradford  Extension
line  of  the  Midland  Railway.  The  other  portion  commences
in  junction  with  the  Manchester  and  Bolton  Railway,  4  miles
north  of  Manchester.  Passes  through  Radcliffe  and  Bury  to
Accrington,  with  a  Branch  to  RautenstaU,  Bacup,  and  Crau-
shaw  Booth.  Passes  through  the  county  of  Lancaster.
Gauge  of  way  4  feet  8J  inches.  Royal  Assent  given  to
Bill,  6th  June,  1844.  Half-yearly  Meetings,  January  and
July,  at  Bury,  Partially  opened  June,  1846.  Number  of
persons  employed,  448,

The  East  Lancashire  Railway  Company  was  incorpprated
as  the  Manchester^  Bury  and  Rossendale  Railway  Company,  and  has
united  with  the  Blackburn,  Burnley y  Accringtony  and  Colne  Exten^
siony  the  Blackburn  and  Preston,  and  the  Liverpooly  Ormskirky  and
Preston  Railway  Companies.
The  Act  of  Incorporation  of  the  Manchester,  Bury,  and  Bossen^
dale  Railway  Company  was  passed  in  1844,  by  which  it  was  authorized
to  raise  capital  to  the  amount  of  300,000/.,  and  to  borrow  100,0002.
