Blackpool South railway station
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| Blackpool South | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | South Shore | ||
| Local authority | Blackpool | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 82,804 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 83,004 | ||
| History | |||
| 30 May 1903 | Opened as Waterloo Road | ||
| 17 March 1932[1] | Renamed Blackpool South | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blackpool South from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Blackpool South railway station is a single platform stop at the end of the Fylde coast branch line from Kirkham, in Lancashire, England. It is unmanned and has an hourly service daily, except winter Sundays.
The station serves the suburban south of the tourist town of Blackpool and is currently served only by trains running through Preston into East Lancashire and terminating at Colne, with occasional runs to Clitheroe.
The station was originally called Waterloo Road station when it opened in 1903, at the junction with a newly built express Marton Line direct from Kirkham. It had four platforms [2] (two for each line at the junction) and soon became a busy station. Until 1964, the line extended north from here to Blackpool Central. There were extensive sidings to accommodate the many excursion trains which came to Blackpool.
The Marton Line closed to regular traffic in 1965[3]; its track bed is now the road called Yeadon Way and the M55 motorway.
[edit] References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p.36
- ^ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Blackpool South, accessed 17 October 2007
- ^ Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1 85306 801 2, p.46
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Blackpool South railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Northern Rail Blackpool Branch Line |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
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| Disused Railways | ||||
| Blackpool Central | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Marton Line 1903–1965 |
Kirkham & Wesham | ||
| Blackpool Central | Blackpool and Lytham Railway | Lytham Road | ||
