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Lytham (Station Road) railway station

Coordinates: 53°44′18″N 2°57′24″W / 53.7384°N 2.9566°W / 53.7384; -2.9566
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Lytham
General information
LocationLytham St Annes, Fylde
England
Coordinates53°44′18″N 2°57′24″W / 53.7384°N 2.9566°W / 53.7384; -2.9566
Grid referenceSD370273
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPreston and Wyre Joint Railway
Key dates
16 February 1846 (1846-02-16)Station opened
1 July 1874Closed to passengers
1963Closed to goods

The original Lytham railway station was the Lytham terminus of a branch of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway from Kirkham in Lancashire, England. It opened, along with the branch, on 16 February 1846; the road it was located in became known as Station Road. It was built in a Renaissance style from Longridge stone. A branch was also built to the dock at Lytham Pool.

In 1863, the Blackpool and Lytham Railway opened a separate line to its own station in Ballam Road, Lytham.

By 1874, both lines were owned jointly by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway. Ballam Road station was rebuilt as a through station and a connecting line was built to join the other line east of Lytham. The original station in Station Road was then closed to passengers, but continued to be used as a goods station until 1963.[1]

A fire station now occupies the site.

References

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Maps showing
Lytham (old) Station
Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945)
NPE Maps (1947)
Vision of Britain  
OS 1:2500 Map on MARIO (about 1892)
OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848)
Other maps

53°44′18″N 2°57′24″W / 53.7384°N 2.9566°W / 53.7384; -2.9566

  1. ^ Historic England. "Lytham Station (497687)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  • Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1, p. 29
  • Hughes, R.V. (1931), "Early Coast travel", LMS Magazine, February 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Preston and Wyre
Joint Railway

Lytham Branch Line
  Moss Side