Wrea Green railway station
| Wrea Green | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Wrea Green |
| Area | Fylde |
| Coordinates | 53°46′44″N 2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°WCoordinates: 53°46′44″N 2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°W |
| Grid reference | SD 3957 3179 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 16 February 1846 | Opened |
| 26 June 1961 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Wrea Green railway station was on the Blackpool South to Kirkham line. It served the village of Wrea Green, in Lancashire, England, and closed in 1961.[1]
The station opened in 1846. A single-track line to Lytham branched off the Kirkham-to-Poulton line at right angles, heading south-south-west to Wrea Green.
When the line was connected to the Blackpool and Lytham Railway in 1874, the line was doubled and the corner between Kirkham and Wrea Green was cut by a new southwesterly line.[2]
References
| Maps showing Wrea Green Station |
| Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945) |
| NPE Maps (1947) |
| Vision of Britain |
| OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848) |
| Other maps |
- ↑ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Wrea Green, accessed 17 October 2007
- ↑ Hughes, R.V. (1931), “Early Coast travel”, LMS Magazine, Feb. 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Moss Side | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Lytham Branch Line |
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