Lytham (Station Road) railway station
The original Lytham railway station was the Lytham terminus of a branch of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway from Kirkham in Lancashire, England. It opened, along with the branch, on 16 February 1846; the road it was located in became known as Station Road. It was built in a Renaissance style from Longridge stone. A branch was also built to the dock at Lytham Pool.
| Lytham | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Station Road, Lytham St Annes |
| Area | Fylde |
| Coordinates | 53.7384°N 2.9566°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 16 February 1846 | Opened |
| 1 July 1874 | Closed to passengers |
| 1963 | Closed to goods |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
In 1863, the Blackpool and Lytham Railway opened a separate line to its own station in Ballam Road, Lytham.
By 1874, both lines were owned jointly by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway. Ballam Road station was rebuilt as a through station and a connecting line was built to join the other line east of Lytham. The original station in Station Road was then closed to passengers, but continued to be used as a goods station until 1963.[1]
A fire station now occupies the site.
References
| Maps showing Lytham (old) Station |
| Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945) |
| NPE Maps (1947) |
| Vision of Britain |
| OS 1:2500 Map on MARIO (about 1892) |
| OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848) |
| Other maps |
- Historic England. "Lytham Station (497687)". PastScape. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1, p. 29
- Hughes, R.V. (1931), "Early Coast travel", LMS Magazine, February 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Lytham Branch Line |
Moss Side |