Preston and Wyre Joint Railway

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Blackpool & Fleetwood Branch Lines
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  Fleetwood
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  Wyre Dock / Fleetwood
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  Burn Naze Halt
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  Thornton for Cleveleys
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  Poulton Curve Halt
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( West Coast Main Line )
Poulton-le-Fylde
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Singleton
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  Preston and
Layton
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( Longridge Railway )
Blackpool North
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Maudlands
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Preston
  Blackpool Central
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Lea Road
Blackpool South
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Salwick
  
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Kirkham and Wesham
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( West Coast Main Line )
  Blackpool South Shore
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Wrea Green
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
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Moss Side
Squires Gate
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Lytham
  Gillett's Crossing Halt
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Ansdell and Fairhaven
St Annes-on-the-Sea
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Carleton level crossing between Poulton-le-Fylde and Layton
Carleton level crossing between Poulton-le-Fylde and Layton
The sorry state of Thornton for Cleveleys station in 2005
The sorry state of Thornton for Cleveleys station in 2005

The Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (PWJR) - in full, the Preston & Wyre Railway and Dock Company - was the result of a merger in 1839 between:

  • Preston & Wyre Railway and Harbour Company, formed in 1835
  • Preston & Wyre Dock Company, formed in 1837

The Dock Company was vested jointly between the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 28 July 1849 to become the PWJR.

The Railway was originally built to connect Preston on the LNWR West Coast Main Line with the port of Fleetwood at the mouth of the River Wyre. In 1861 the Blackpool and Lytham Railway (B&LR) was opened; this was included in the Joint Railway, amalgamated in 1871. A branch from Poulton-le-Fylde to a station at Talbot Road, Blackpool, completed the 45 miles (72km) of track.

The following stations exist or have existed on the line:


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