Northern Lines Blackburn to Skipton including Stubbins Junction to Accrington, the Padiham Loop and Barnoldswick branchNorthern Lines Blackburn to Skipton including Stubbins Junction to Accrington, the Padiham Loop and Barnoldswick branch The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway had several routes that converged end on with the Midland Railway route from Skipton at Colne. The history of these lines is of course more complicated as the two large pre grouping railway companies took over various lines whose promoting companies had been absorbed by ever larger railways. Once