Wrea Green railway station

Wrea Green
Site of the former station (2012)
General information
Location	Wrea Green, Fylde England
Coordinates	53°46′44″N2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°W / 53.7790; -2.9184
Grid reference	SD 3957 3179
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 February 1846	Opened
26 June 1961	Closed
Location

Wrea Green railway station was on the Blackpool South-to-Kirkham line. It served the village of Wrea Green, Lancashire, England, and closed in 1961. ^[1]

The station opened in 1846. A single-track line to Lytham branched off the Kirkham-to-Poulton line at right angles, heading south-south-west to Wrea Green.

When the line was connected to the Blackpool and Lytham Railway in 1874, the line was doubled and the corner between Kirkham and Wrea Green was cut by a new southwesterly line. ^[2]

References

1. Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Wrea Green, accessed 17 October 2007
2. Hughes, R.V. (1931), "Early Coast travel", LMS Magazine, Feb. 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Moss Side		Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Lytham Branch Line		Kirkham & Wesham