Squires Gate railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Squires Gate


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Squires Gate
borough = Fylde
platforms = 1
lowusage0405 = 13,699
lowusage0506 = 14,815
lowusage0607 = 16,655
latitude = 53.7773 | longitude = -3.0503
gridref =
years = 1 April 1865| events = Stony Hill Station opened
years1 = 1872
events1 = Stony Hill Station closed
years2 = 14 September 1931| events2 = Squires Gate Station opened [PDFlink| [http://www.visitblackpool.com/resources/files/2_Blackpool%20History.pdf “Blackpool History”] |175 KiB , Blackpool Borough Council Tourism Division, accessed 17 October 2007]

Squires Gate railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston branch line, in Lancashire, England. It is the nearest station to Blackpool International Airport. Most trains travel from Blackpool South to stnlnk|Colne via Preston.

Between 1865 and 1872, Stony Hill railway station was located in the same area. [Welch, M.S. (2004) "Lancashire Steam Finale", Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1, p.31]

The station may be renamed "Blackpool International Station" at some point, along with the provision of direct and flat surface access from the station to the airport. [cite web
url=http://www.blackpoolinternational.com/pdfs/Masterplan_2006.pdf
type=pdf
title=Blackpool Airport - Masterplan
accessdate=2008-04-16]

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-on-the-Sea
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Pleasure Beach
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Blackpool Branch Line
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