Wyre Dock railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Wyre Dock / Fleetwood
manager = LYR / LNWR
locale = Wyre Dock, Fleetwood
borough = Wyre
platforms = 2


caption =
line = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
latitude = 53.9192 | longitude = -3.0142
gridref =
years = 1885| events = Opened
years2 = 18 April 1966| events2 = Renamed "Fleetwood"
years5 = 30 May 1970
events5 = Closed

Wyre Dock railway station served Fleetwood in Lancashire, England from 1885 to 1970.

Wyre Dock passenger station was constructed in 1885 [Suggitt, p.37] , on the Fleetwood Branch Line from Poulton-le-Fylde, about half a mile from the Fleetwood main terminus. The station stood at the southern end of Dock Street, about a quarter mile from Wyre Dock itself. There had been a branch line for freight only to Wyre Dock since its construction in 1877, to support the distribution of fish.

Fleetwood's main terminus was closed on 18 April 1966, as a result of the Beeching Cuts, and Wyre Dock was renamed "Fleetwood" station, as the terminus of the Fleetwood Branch Line. [ Welch, p.28] However, all passenger services between stnlnk|Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood were withdrawn on 30 May 1970,Suggitt, p.41] and the station was demolished. Light industry developed in the area, and, in the 1990s, the new A585 Amounderness Way bypass was built on the former railway bed.

Notes

References

* Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) "Lost Railways of Lancashire", [http://www.countrysidebooks.co.uk Countryside Books, Newbury] , ISBN 1 85306 801 2
* Welch, M.S. (2004) "Lancashire Steam Finale", Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1

External links

[http://www.pwrs.org Poulton and Wyre Railway Society] , working towards restoring passenger services to Fleetwood.

rail line two to one
next=Burn Naze Halt
previous1=Fleetwood
until 1966
route1=LNWR / LYR
Fleetwood Branch Line
previous2=Terminus
after 1966
route2=London Midland Region
Fleetwood Branch Line
col=964B00
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