Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station

Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line in Lancashire, England. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell Station, Ansdell's Gate station,[2] and Ansdell's Halt.[3]

Ansdell and Fairhaven
Location
PlaceLytham St Annes
Local authorityFylde
Coordinates53.7416°N 2.9934°W / 53.7416; -2.9934
Grid referenceSD345277
Operations
Station codeAFV
Managed byNorthern
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 36,794
2015/16 38,794
2016/17 40,528
2017/18 32,482
2018/19 32,240
History
Original companyPreston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-groupingLYR and LNWR joint
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
1872Station opened as Ansdell[1]
10 October 1903Station moved 300 m due west[1]
25 January 1906Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ansdell and Fairhaven from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions the station is used to ferry spectators to the course.

History

Opened by the Blackpool and Lytham Railway, then absorbed by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, the station joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in 1986. Trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.

Facilities

The station is unmanned with basic waiting shelters, but has a ticket vending machine (to allow intending passengers to buy before boarding or collect pre-bought tickets) and digital display screen to offer train running information. CCTV has been installed and running information can also be obtained by timetable posters and a payphone. Step-free access is via the aforementioned inclined ramp from Woodlands Road.[4]

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, to Blackpool South and to Preston and Colne (though weekday trains are not advertised as running beyond Preston).

Sunday services also operate hourly each way.[5]

References

Notes
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. "Ansdell Station". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  3. "Richard Ansdell". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  4. Station Facilities - Ansdell and Fairhaven National Rail Enquiries
  5. GB eNRT May 2019 Edition, Table 97 (Network Rail)

Sources
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Northern
Blackpool South Branch Line
  Historical railways  
St Annes-
-on-the-Sea		   Blackpool and Lytham Railway   Lytham


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