Lytham railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Lytham


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Lytham St Annes
borough = Fylde
platforms = 1
code=LTM
lowusage0405 = 65,712
lowusage0506 = 67,382
lowusage0607 = 67,850
latitude = 53.7392
longitude = -2.9643
gridref =
years = 6 April 1863
events = Opened as terminus
years1 = 1 July 1874
events1 = Rebuilt as through station

Lytham railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line, in Lancashire, England.

The town of Lytham St Annes is served by three stations: Lytham, stnlnk|Ansdell and Fairhaven (adjacent to the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club) and St Annes. Northern Rail trains to Kirkham and Preston are approximately once an hour, much less frequent than services to Blackpool North.

The road name Station Road attests to the fact that the original station was about 500 metres east of the present one—a fire station now stands on the spot. The present station in Ballam Road was opened in 1863 when the separate Blackpool and Lytham Railway opened. The station was originally a terminus, until 1874 when it was rebuilt and the line was extended to join the other Lytham line from Kirkham.

The station ceased to be manned after the cut-backs of the 1960s and the station building became derelict. In 1986 it was restored and transformed into a public house, the "Station Tavern". At around the same time, the derelict sidings area was flattened and turned into a long-stay car park.

References

* Welch, M.S. (2004) "Lancashire Steam Finale", Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1, p.29.

External links

rail line
previous=Ansdell and
Fairhaven
next=Moss Side
route=Northern Rail
Blackpool Branch Line
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Fairhaven
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Lytham Railway
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