Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station

Ansdell and Fairhaven
The station in August 2025
General information
Location	Lytham St Annes, Fylde, England
Coordinates	53°44′30″N2°59′36″W / 53.7416°N 2.9934°W / 53.7416; -2.9934
Grid reference	SD345277
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	AFV
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & London and North Western Railway (joint)
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1872	Station opened as Ansdell [1]
10 October 1903	Station moved 300m due west [1]
25 January 1906	Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven [1]
Passengers
2019/20	42,386
St Annes- -on-the-Sea		Blackpool and Lytham Railway		Lytham

See also

• Public transport in the Fylde

References

Citations

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 17. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "Ansdell station". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
3. "Richard Ansdell". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
4. "Train Timetables". Northernrailway.co.uk. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.

Sources

• Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN   1-871944-23-6.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station from National Rail
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Ansdell / Fairhaven, accessed 17 October 2007
• The station on a navigable O.S. map (it is the centre station of the three)