![]() Poulton-le-Fylde station in 2023 | |||||
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Location | Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°50′54″N2°59′26″W / 53.8484°N 2.9906°W | ||||
Grid reference | SD349395 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | PFY | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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15 July 1840 | Original station opened | ||||
1896 | New station on realigned route | ||||
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Poulton-le-Fylde railway station serves the town of Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire,England. It is managed by Northern Trains,but also served by Avanti West Coast.
The station has two platforms:westbound trains (to Blackpool) arrive and depart from platform 1;eastbound trains (to Preston and beyond) arrive and depart from platform 2.
The original station was about 400 yards (400 m) north-east of the current location,at "The Breck". [1] [2] The railway to the fishing town of Fleetwood,via Burn Naze,passed along a straight line east of the town. From 1846,there was a junction to Blackpool just north of the station,with tight connecting curves facing either way. In 1893 a fatal accident occurred when a train took the curve too fast. [3] [4] Subsequently,in 1896,the tracks were realigned to follow a much gentler westward curve to Blackpool,with the new station halfway along the curve. The Fleetwood branch then curved to the east to rejoin the original alignment. The old station continued to be used as a goods station until 1968. [5]
Passenger services to Fleetwood were withdrawn by British Rail on 1 June 1970 during railway restructuring,although a freight service continued to the ICI plant at Burn Naze Halt until 1999. The line is still extant (albeit overgrown and disused),but the junction with the Blackpool line west of the station was removed in April 2017 in preparation for electrification of the route. [6] Since June 2006,there have been plans by Poulton &Wyre Railway Society to restore (and preserve) the passenger rail link towards Fleetwood via Thornton &Cleveleys,as a heritage railway. [7]
The station has a ticket office,at street level,which is staffed throughout the week (Monday to Saturday 06:10 to 19:30 and Sunday 06:40 to 18:10). There is also a self-service ticket machine provided for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. There is a waiting room at platform level,along with toilets,bench seating and timetable posters. Train running information is offered via automatic announcements and digital display screens. Step-free access is available via lifts from the entrance to the platform when the ticket office is staffed. [8]
As of December 2022 the station is served by four Northern trains per hour to and from Blackpool North westbound (via platform 1),and trains to Manchester Airport (two per hour),Liverpool Lime Street,and York via the Calder Valley line in the eastbound direction (platform 2). [9] On Sundays the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction,with only one train per hour to Manchester Airport.
Additionally,on weekdays until May 2023 one Avanti West Coast train per day to London Euston called at the station in the southbound direction only,departing at 05:36. This was replaced in the May 2023 timetable change by a Sunday-only service to Preston calling at Kirkham and Wesham,departing at 18:28. [10]
The station was also served by a single DalesRail service to Carlisle via Settle during the summer months and to Hellifield (for onward travel to Settle and Carlisle) for the remainder of the year. Since December 2022,though,this service has been withdrawn. In 2024,it was announced that the route was set to return. [11]
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 removal of the signal box along with four others along the line was included as part of the works. [13] This resulted in a total blockade of the line from 11 November 2017 until 25 March 2018 but subsequently extended to 16 April 2018 due to bad weather. [14]
The station is a visual reporting point (VRP) for general aviation aircraft in the local Blackpool airspace. [15]
The Calder Valley line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester, and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes.
Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Preston and is managed and served by Northern Trains.
The Preston and Wyre Railway was promoted to open up agricultural land in the Fylde in Lancashire, access a new port at what became Fleetwood and the Lancaster Canal at Preston: it opened in 1840. An associated company built the dock leading to the company changing its name to the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Company. Passenger business was more buoyant than expected, and the company built branch lines to the nascent resort of Blackpool and Lytham that opened in 1846. At that time the line was leased by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and later the London and North Western Railway took a share in the lease which was later converted to outright ownership. The Preston and Wyre Railway continued to be jointly owned as the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway.
Preston railway station, in Preston, Lancashire, England, is an interchange railway station on the West Coast Main Line, half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central. It is served by Avanti West Coast, Northern Trains and TransPennine Express services, plus Caledonian Sleeper overnight services between London and Scotland. It is also served by the Calder Valley line to Leeds and York, and by branch lines to Blackpool North, Ormskirk and Colne.
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Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
Colne railway station serves the town of Colne, in Lancashire, England, which is situated close to Pendle Hill. The station, which is managed by Northern, is the eastern terminus of the East Lancashire Line. Trains from Blackpool South run through Preston and Blackburn to Burnley and Colne.
Accrington railway station serves the town of Accrington in Lancashire, England. It is a station on the East Lancashire line 6+1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) east of Blackburn railway station operated by Northern.
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. A second branch, which is single tracked and unelectrified, diverges from the main branch at Kirkham and Wesham junction, running on a southerly route to Blackpool South station via Lytham.
The Fleetwood branch line is a railway line that ran from Preston to Fleetwood. It passed through many smaller stations along the way, most of which are now closed. When work at Fleetwood docks was under threat in the mid-1960s, the main Fleetwood station was closed, and the remainder of the branch south to Poulton followed in 1970. There are active proposals to re-open the branch to passenger services.
Thornton–Cleveleys was a railway station in England which served the Lancashire village of Thornton and town of Cleveleys. Located on the now disused line between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood, the station also had a shunting yard for the making-up of freight trains for Preston and beyond. During its life it was also known at times as Thornton station and Thornton for Cleveleys station. In the 1860s and early 1870s the line was of great importance, being the direct route from London to Glasgow. Before the Shap route was opened, passengers would travel from Euston to Fleetwood and then onwards via steamer to Scotland.
Burn Naze Halt railway station served Burn Naze in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, between 1909 and 1970. The platforms were heavily overgrown with vegetation until 2014, when the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society began restoration work.
There have been three locations for Fleetwood railway station in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The first, from 1840 to 1883, was in Dock Street, opposite Church Street. The second, from 1883 to 1966, was in Queen's Terrace. From 1966 to 1970, the station previously known as Wyre Dock railway station was renamed "Fleetwood".
Poulton Curve was a halt on the Fleetwood-to-Blackpool railway line in Lancashire, England.
Public transport in the Fylde is available for three modes of transport—bus, rail and tram—assisting residents of and visitors to the Fylde, a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England, to travel around much of the area's 64 square miles (170 km2).
Poulton & Wyre Railway Society (PWRS) is a railway preservation company based in Lancashire, England. Formed in 2006, its main focus has been working towards reinstating the railway line between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood for passenger use. The line was taken out of use in 1970 and removed in certain sections.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Avanti West Coast Limited service | ||||
Northern Trains | ||||
Northern Trains | ||||
Sunday only | ||||
Northern Trains | Monday to Saturday | |||
Historical railways | ||||
Bispham | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Blackpool Branch Line | Singleton | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Thornton for Cleveleys | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Fleetwood Branch Line | Singleton |