Editing East Lancashire Railway (section)

== Cultural references ==
In October 2014, Ramsbottom Station and the adjacent level crossing on Bridge Street was featured in the 2017 movie ''[[A Monster Calls (film)|A Monster Calls]]'', which was the scene for an emotional peak in the movie, starring [[Sigourney Weaver]] in a [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] estate car waiting for a [[British Rail|BR]] [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]], in [[Rail Blue livery]], to pass through the crossing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Residents line Ramsbottom street in bid to see film stars in action |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/11562830.Residents_line_Ramsbottom_street_in_bid_to_see_film_sta%E2%80%8Brs_in_action/#gallery0 |access-date=2017-02-23 |website=Bury Times |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1990s, the railway was featured in the 1991 film ''[[Let Him Have It]]'' and in the finale of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s comedy series ''[[The Grimleys]]'', named ''The Grimley Curse'' set in 1978. In 2007, during the finale of [[BBC One]]'s award-winning drama series ''[[Life on Mars (UK TV series)|Life on Mars]]'', set in 1973, a class 47 was used for scenes of an armed robbery at Brooksbottom Tunnel.

The railway also featured in an episode of ''[[Coronation Street]]'', transmitted on August Bank Holiday 2010, when [[Hayley Cropper|Hayley]] and [[Roy Cropper]] travelled to their wedding aboard an ELR train of Mark 1 coaches hauled by [[LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0|LMS "Black 5"]] No. 44871, which carried 45407's Lancashire Fusilier nameplates for the occasion. The line also starred in the BBC television film ''[[Eric and Ernie]]'', aired on New Year's Day 2011, about the early career of the British comedy act [[Morecambe and Wise]]. Bury Bolton Street station was featured, along with a train of Mark 1 coaches hauled by [[LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0|LMS "Black 5"]] No. 44871. In 2014, the railway was featured in a week of episodes of ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' (broadcast 3–7 November) which featured a crash involving [[British Rail Class 14|BR Class 14]] no. D9531 "Ernest".