Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station

Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Location
Place Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Local authority Blackpool
Operations
Station code BPB
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   28,545
2005/06 * 24,463
2006/07 * 30,016
2007/08 * 40,597
2008/09 * 55,766
2009/10 * 67,476
History
1 October 1913 Burlington Road Halt opened
1 January 1949 Burlington Road Halt closed
April 1987 Pleasure Beach station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blackpool Pleasure Beach from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station is on the Fylde Coast branch line from Kirkham to Blackpool South, in Lancashire, England. It is across the road from the Blackpool Pleasure Beach complex and provides regular train connections to and from Blackpool and Preston. There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach.

The station opened on 13 April 1987[1] at a cost of £58,000. This cost was met by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company (£31,000), British Rail (£15,000), Lancashire County Council (£10,000) and Blackpool Borough Council (£2,000).

The station has only one platform and is unstaffed.

The station is on the same site as Burlington Road Halt which was open for a railmotor service between 1913 and 1949.[2]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach station is located about 200 metres (660 ft) from Burlington Road tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 36. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  2. ^ Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1, p.31

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Blackpool South   Northern Rail
Blackpool Branch Line
  Squires Gate
Disused railways
South Shore   Blackpool and Lytham Railway   Squires Gate