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The Preston–to–Blackpool North route was resignalled and electrified with overhead wires at 25kV AC; electric trains ran from the May 2018 timetable change. Previously, there was also a central branch running from Kirkham to Blackpool Central station; this was closed in the 1960s and the route became a road linking from the M55 known as ...
The line from Preston to Blackpool was also proposed as a logical extension for electrification in conjunction with the Weaver Junction to Glasgow scheme in a document published by the British Railways Board in April 1968. [7] No further 25 kV AC activity occurred in the northwest until after 2009. There were some 3rd rail infill schemes though.
Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began. The initial boom was under the 1955 modernisation plan. There was a flurry of activity in the 1980s and early 1990s but this came to a halt in the run up to privatisation and then continued in the 2000s, and also the Great Recession intervened.
Electrification of the line from Preston to Blackpool North was scheduled for completion by May 2016. [ 32 ] [ 38 ] It joins the Manchester to Preston Line providing an electrified route from Blackpool to Manchester and the West Coast Main Line.
The Manchester–Preston line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston, Lancashire, England. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from surrounding suburbs and cities, but is also one of the main railway lines in the North West and is utilised by TransPennine Express regional services and to Scotland .
Weekend services resumed on Sunday 11 November 2018 after the completion of the electrification engineering work. Travellers from certain local stations needed to change trains here for Preston and Blackpool during this period. Electric service commenced on 11 February 2019 utilising Class 319 electric multiple units. [15]
The Preston–Blackpool North line and the Manchester–Preston line have been electrified with electric Class 319 trains entering service on 20 May 2018 and 11 February 2019 respectively. [93] [94] Electrification of the Cross-City Line to Bromsgrove has been completed, which allowed electric trains to run from summer 2018. [95] [96]
The route to Blackpool South has not been electrified. The work at the station started in mid 2017 with a total blockade from Preston to Blackpool North and South starting in November 2017 and completed in April 2018, in time for the May 2018 timetable change. [6]