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The planned electrification of the Manchester-to-Blackpool North route was announced in December 2009 [4] [5] and completed in May 2018. Avanti West Coast runs direct services between Blackpool North and London Euston using Class 390 Pendolinos, Class 221 Super Voyagers and Class 805 Everos which will be supplemented by the Class 807 Hitachi ...
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.
The modernisation and electrification of the Preston to Blackpool North line, and hence the station, was announced in December 2009. [5] The modernisation included rebuilding and raising the road bridge in the station vicinity for necessary electrification clearance and completely new signalling of the entire line [ 6 ] along with ...
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 modernisation and electrification of the Preston to Blackpool North line, and hence Poulton-le-Fylde station was announced in December 2009. [12] The modernisation included completely new signalling of the entire line along with rationalisation of the lines and removal of the connection into the Fleetwood branch.
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]
This was accompanied by new signals on the line and a power signal box was constructed north of the station close by Fylde Junction. An electrification over run also took place at this junction to facilitate electrification to Blackpool at a later date, although it would be over forty years before the Blackpool line was electrified.