Blackburn Railway
In March 1847, the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway and the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway agreed to amalgamate, becoming the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway; the necessary Act received Royal Assent on 9 July 1847. The name was shortened to the Blackburn Railway by a further Act of 24 July 1851.