Poulton-le-Fylde railway station
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Poulton-le-Fylde | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Poulton-le-Fylde | ||
Local authority | Wyre | ||
Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | PFY | ||
Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 0.301 million | ||
2005/06 * | 0.321 million | ||
History | |||
15 July 1840 | Original station opened | ||
1896 | New station on realigned route | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Poulton-le-Fylde from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Poulton-le-Fylde railway station serves the town of Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire, England.
The original station was 400 yards (400 m) northeast of the current location, at “The Breck”.[1] The railway to the fishing town of Fleetwood passed along a straight line east of the town. From 1846, there was a junction to Blackpool just north of the station, with tight connecting curves facing either way. In 1893 a fatal accident occurred when a train took the curve too fast.[2][3] Subsequently, in 1896, the tracks were realigned to follow a much gentler westward curve to Blackpool, with the new station half way along the curve. The Fleetwood branch then curved to the east to rejoin the original alignment. The old station continued to be used as a goods station until 1968.[4]
Passenger services to Fleetwood were discontinued during railway restructuring in 1970, although a freight service continued to the ICI plant at Thornton until the 1990s. The line is still extant, albeit in a rusty and overgrown state. Since June 2006, there have been plans to restore the passenger rail link to Fleetwood via Thornton.
The station is now used almost exclusively by branch services to and from Blackpool North and towards Manchester, York and Liverpool.
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[edit] References
- Mitchell, L. & Hartley, S. (2005) Lancashire Historic Town Survey—Poulton-le-FyldePDF (19.1 MiB), Lancashire County Council Environment Directorate, accessed 30 October 2007
- Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1 85306 801 2
- Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1
[edit] External links
Maps showing Poulton-le-Fylde (old) Station |
Vision of Britain —select 19th Century: OS 1st Series |
OS 1:2500 Map on MARIO (about 1892) |
OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848) |
Other maps |
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- Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Poulton, accessed 17 October 2007
- Poulton & Wyre Railway Society, working towards restoring the passenger rail link to Fleetwood.
- Train times and station information for Poulton-le-Fylde railway station from National Rail