Poulton-le-Fylde railway station

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Poulton-le-Fylde
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Location
Place Poulton-le-Fylde
Local authority Wyre
Coordinates 53°50′54″N 2°59′26″W / 53.8484, -2.9906Coordinates: 53°50′54″N 2°59′26″W / 53.8484, -2.9906
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
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* 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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  1. ^ Mitchell & Hartley, p.59
  2. ^ Welch, p.27
  3. ^ Suggitt, p.38
  4. ^ Suggitt, pp.37–38

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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

SD 3511 3987


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Blackpool North   Northern Rail
Caldervale Line
  Preston
Layton   Northern Rail
Blackpool Branch Line
  Kirkham & Wesham
Layton   First Transpennine Express
TransPennine North West
  Kirkham & Wesham
Disused Railways
Thornton for Cleveleys   Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Fleetwood Branch Line
  Singleton
Bispham   Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Blackpool Branch Line