Salwick railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Salwick


caption =
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Salwick
borough = Fylde
latitude = 53.7819
longitude = -2.8195
gridref =
years = 1840
events = Opened
years1 = 2 May 1938
events1 = Closed
years2 = 8 April 1940
events2 = Reopened
platforms = 2
code = SLW
lowusage0405 = 1,858
lowusage0506 = 2,186
lowusage0607 = 1,723

Salwick railway station is situated on the Preston-to-Blackpool railway line, 5¼ miles (8 km) west of Preston, and is managed by Northern Rail. The station lies between Preston and Kirkham, near the village of Clifton.

The station was closed on 2 May 1938 along with Lea Road railway station to the east, but was reopened on 8 April 1940 to serve the adjacent industrial complex (Biddle, 1989; Bairstow, 2001).

ervices

Salwick is served by only three trains a day in each direction, but it is not a formal request stop; trains are timetabled to stop there (Network Rail, 2007). It is used by very few passengers (1,858 in 2004–5), but provides a commuter service for the workers at the nearby Springfields BNFL complex.

References

*Bairstow, M. (2001) "Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde", Martin Bairstow Publ., p. 37, ISBN 1-871944-23-6
*Biddle, G. (1989) "The Railways Around Preston - A Historical Review", Scenes from the Past: No. 6, Foxline Publishing, p. 56, ISBN 1-870119-05-3
*Network Rail (2007) [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3828.aspx#Complete%20Timetable "Current Timetables: Electronic National Rail Timetable (eNRT)"] , Table 97, downloadable PDF file, 71.2 MB, accessed 23 April 2007
*Taylor, S. (1997) "Journeys by Excursion Train: Preston to Blackpool (Central)", Scenes from the Past: No. 26, Part 3, Foxline Publishing, p. 44-45, ISBN 1-870119-51-7

External links

rail line
previous=Kirkham and
Wesham
next=Preston
route=Northern Rail
Blackpool (S) Branch Line
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previous= Kirkham and
Wesham
next= Lea Road
route=Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
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