The line through Ramsbottom had initially been constructed by the Manchester , Bury and Rossendale Railway , authorised on 4 July 1844 .
That company was absorbed by the East Lancashire Railway on 21 July 1845 .
The line through Ramsbottom had initially been constructed by the Manchester , Bury and Rossendale Railway , authorised on 4 July 1844 , but that company was absorbed by the East Lancashire Railway on 21 July 1845 .