Poulton-le-Fylde railway station

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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.

History

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Railways in Poulton-le-Fylde. The dates refer to passenger services.

The original station was about Script error: No such module "convert". 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Passenger services to Fleetwood were withdrawn by British Rail on 1 June 1970 during railway restructuring, although a freight service continued to the ICI plant at Burn Naze Halt until 1999.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]

Facilities

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An arrivals board on the eastbound side of the station

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]

Services

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A Northern Trains British Rail Class 195 approaching platform 2 (2024)

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 Template:Rws (two per hour), Template:Rws, and Template:Rws 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 Template:Rws.

Additionally, on weekdays until May 2023 one Avanti West Coast train per day to Template:Rws 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 Template:Rws calling at Template:Rws, 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 Template:Rws (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]

Modernisation

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]

Visual reporting point

The station is a visual reporting point (VRP) for general aviation aircraft in the local Blackpool airspace.[15]

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ Mitchell & Hartley, p.59
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Welch, p.27
  4. ↑ Suggitt, p.38
  5. ↑ Suggitt, pp.37–38
  6. ↑ "Passengers and neighbours thanked as weekend work in Poulton is completed on time" VolkerRail press release 6 April 2017; Retrieved 23 May 2017
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Poulton-le-Fylde station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 24 February 2017
  9. ↑ Template:NRtimes
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ "DalesRail service over the Settle to Carlisle line set to return as HS2 cash is re-routed" – The Yorkshire Post
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  15. ↑ Visiting by air – Blackpool Airport

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References

  • Mitchell, L. & Hartley, S. (2005) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (19.1 MiB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Lancashire County Council Environment Directorate, accessed 30 October 2007
  • Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, Template:ISBN
  • Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, Template:ISBN

External links

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