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The Blackpool branch lines are two railway lines running from the West Coast Main Line at Preston to Blackpool. The main branch, which is double-tracked and electrified , runs to Blackpool North station via Poulton-le-Fylde .
By 2 April in the same year the line was part of a through route between Leeds and Liverpool, [1] but the majority of passenger trains east of Colne were local between Skipton and Colne. [ 2 ] The station was rebuilt in 1883 with two engine sheds - one for the Midland Railway to the east, one for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to the west ...
The station opened on 6 April 1863 as "Hounds Hill" and was renamed "Blackpool Central" in 1878. [2] Initially, it was a relatively small town centre terminus for an isolated line running along the south Fylde coast from Lytham. In 1874 this line was connected to another branch from Lytham to Kirkham, allowing through trains from Preston and
An act of Parliament, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Works and Additional Powers) Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. clxxix) of 21 July 1873 authorised a cut-off line, a little under a mile and a half in length and a connecting line was authorised at Lytham, connecting the Blackpool line to the original Lytham branch. Both sections were ...
Blackpool North station is the main railway station serving the seaside resort of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. It is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line and is 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (28 km) northwest of Preston. It also has an adjacent tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.
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 station from Station Road level crossing in 2024, at which point its upkeep was in a period of inactivity. Today, the majority of the buildings at the station have long since been demolished, but the platforms remain, along with one of the original walls used to support the station's canopy and the bases for the waiting rooms on the up platform.
Blackpool South signalbox, 1973 Blackpool South station in 1983, showing the former size of the station. At this point only the platform to the far left was in use. The station was originally called Waterloo Road when it opened in 1903, at the junction with a newly built express Marton Line direct from Kirkham.