Poulton-le-Fylde railway station

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Poulton-le-Fylde

Poulton-le-Fylde station sign in 2013
Location
Place	Poulton-le-Fylde
Local authority	Wyre
Coordinates	53°50′54″N 2°59′26″W / 53.8484°N 2.9906°W / 53.8484; -2.9906Coordinates: 53°50′54″N 2°59′26″W / 53.8484°N 2.9906°W / 53.8484; -2.9906
Grid reference	SD349395
Operations
Station code	PFY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.301 million
2005/06	0.321 million
2006/07	0.339 million
2007/08	0.365 million
2008/09	0.384 million
2009/10	0.392 million
2010/11	0.418 million
2011/12	0.449 million
History
15 July 1840	Original station opened
1896	New station on realigned route
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* Annual estimated 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. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railways in Poulton-le-Fylde. The dates refer to passenger services.

Poulton-le-Fylde railway station serves the town of Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is managed by Northern Rail, but also served by First TransPennine Express.

History

The original station was about 400 yards (400 m) north-east 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 halfway 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Passenger services to Fleetwood were withdrawn by British Rail on 1 June 1970 during railway restructuring, although a freight service continued to the ICI plant at Burn Naze Halt until 1999. The line is still extant, albeit in a rusty & overgrown state (and officially marked out of use). Since June 2006, there have been plans to restore the passenger rail link to Fleetwood via Thornton; a £30,000 feasibility study will need to be undertaken to explore the re-instatement of the link and the addition of a third platform at Poulton-le-Fylde.^[5]

Services

The station is now served by trains to and from Blackpool North and towards Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport; Manchester Victoria; York via Blackburn and Leeds; and Liverpool Lime Street. All southbound routes have a basic hourly frequency, although Liverpool trains only call during the morning peak.

Sundays see hourly services to Manchester Airport, Manchester Victoria, Liverpool Lime Street and York. The station is also served by a single DalesRail service to Carlisle via Settle during the summer months and to Hellifield (for onward travel to Settle & Carlisle) for the remainder of the year.

Notes

↑ Mitchell & Hartley, p.59
↑ Welch, p.27
↑ Suggitt, p.38
↑ Suggitt, pp.37–38
↑ "£30,000 feasibility study for Poulton to Fleetwood line could go ahead". Railway Herald (239). 2010-09-20. p. 15. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

References

Mitchell, L. & Hartley, S. (2005) Lancashire Historic Town Survey—Poulton-le-Fylde PDF (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

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

53°51′04″N 2°59′15″W / 53.8510°N 2.9875°W / 53.8510; -2.9875

Train times and station information for Poulton-le-Fylde railway station from National Rail
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Poulton, accessed 17 October 2007
Poulton & Wyre Railway Society, working towards restoring the passenger rail link to Fleetwood.

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 and Wesham
	Disused railways
Thornton for Cleveleys		Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Fleetwood Branch Line	Singleton
Bispham		Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Blackpool Branch Line	Singleton

v t e Railway stations in Lancashire

West Coast Main Line	Euxton Balshaw Lane Leyland Preston Lancaster

Kirkby Branch Line	Upholland

Manchester to Southport Line	Appley Bridge Parbold Hoscar Burscough Bridge New Lane Bescar Lane

Merseyrail Northern Line	Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Ormskirk Branch Line	Ormskirk Burscough Junction Rufford Croston Preston

Blackpool Branch Lines	Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Layton Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South

Manchester to Preston Line	Adlington Chorley Buckshaw Parkway Leyland Preston

Ribble Valley Line	Entwistle Darwen Blackburn Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Langho Whalley Clitheroe

East Lancashire Line	Preston Lostock Hall Bamber Bridge Pleasington Cherry Tree Mill Hill Blackburn Rishton Church and Oswaldtwistle Accrington Huncoat Hapton Rose Grove Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Brierfield Nelson Colne

Caldervale Line	Burnley Manchester Road Accrington Blackburn Preston Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North

Leeds to Morecambe Line	Wennington Carnforth Lancaster Bare Lane Morecambe Heysham Port

Furness Line	Lancaster Carnforth Silverdale

Heritage Railways	Irwell Vale Rawtenstall Riversway Strand Road Crossing

Disused stations

v t e Borough of Wyre

Towns	Fleetwood Garstang Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Thornton-Cleveleys Thornton Cleveleys

Villages	Bilsborrow Bleasdale Bonds Bowgreave Cabus Calder Vale Carleton Catterall Churchtown Dolphinholme Eagland Hill Forton Great Eccleston Hambleton Inskip Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Oakenclough Out Rawcliffe Pilling Rossall Scorton Scronkey St Michael's on Wyre Stake Pool Stalmine Winmarleigh

Parishes	Barnacre-with-Bonds Bleasdale Cabus Catterall Claughton Fleetwood Forton Garstang Great Eccleston Hambleton Inskip-with-Sowerby Kirkland Myerscough & Bilsborrow Nateby Nether Wyresdale Out Rawcliffe Pilling Preesall Scorton Stalmine-with-Staynall Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre Winmarleigh

Transport	Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool tramway Fleetwood Branch Line Garstang & Knot-End Railway North Lancs Steam Navigation Preston & Wyre Railway Railway stations: Poulton-le-Fylde Disused: Burn Naze Halt Carr Lane Cockerham Cross Halt Fleetwood Garstang and Catterall Garstang Town Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Pilling Poulton Curve Halt Preesall Thornton–Cleveleys Wyre Dock

Churches	Barnacre: All Saints Bilsborrow: St Hilda Bonds: Sts Mary and Michael Churchtown: St Helen Fleetwood: St Mary St Nicholas St Peter Garstang: St Thomas Pilling: Old St John the Baptist St John the Baptist Poulton: St John the Evangelist St Chad Preesall: St Oswald St Michael's: St Michael Scorton: St Peter Thornton: Christ Church Winmarleigh: St Luke

Other buildings & structures	Beach Lighthouse Fleetwood Museum Fleetwood Pier Forton Services Greenhalgh Castle Highbury Stadium RNAS Inskip Listed in Fleetwood Listed in Poulton Marsh Mill North Euston Hotel Pharos Lighthouse Shard Bridge Winmarleigh Hall Wyresdale Park Wyre Light

Education	Baines School Blackpool and The Fylde College Garstang Community Academy Millfield High School Myerscough College Rossall School Saint Aidan's Technology College Stanah Community Primary School

Sport	Fleetwood Flyers Fleetwood Town F.C. Fylde Flyers

Media	Fleetwood Weekly News

Topography	Hills: Fair Snape Fell Parlick Rivers: Brock Calder Wyre

Politics	Council elections 2003 2007 2011 Constituencies: Fylde North Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Wyre Wyre and Preston North

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