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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 .
Blackpool North may refer to; Blackpool North railway station , a railway station in Blackpool, Lancashire, England Blackpool North (UK Parliament constituency) , a UK Parliament constituency from 1945 to 1997
Blackpool South was expanded to take in new wards near the north of the constituency. The Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency incorporated Fleetwood and five wards from the Blackpool Council area, and was renamed Blackpool North and Fleetwood – as a similar seat was known between 1997 and 2010.
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 ...
Established in 1885, Blackpool Transport serves Lytham, St Annes-on-the-Sea, Blackpool, Bispham, Thornton, Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde and Knott-End-on-Sea. [3] Its main bus interchange is the Blackpool Bus Hub, on Market Street and Corporation Street in Blackpool town centre, which replaced Blackpool bus station. [4]
Blackpool North was a borough constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1945 general election , when the former constituency of Blackpool was split in two, and abolished for the 1997 general election .
Blackpool North and Fleetwood is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, electing one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England.Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although originally intended only as a promenade, competition forced the pier to widen its attractions to include theatres and bars.