Lytham railway station is on the
Blackpool SouthBlackpool South railway station is a single platform stop at the end of the Fylde coast branch line from Kirkham, in Lancashire, England. It is unmanned and has an hourly service daily, except winter Sundays....
to
PrestonPreston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line.It is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus First ScotRail overnight sleeper services between London and Scotland.-Station layout...
railway line, in
LancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The conurbation of
Lytham St AnnesLytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Annes-on-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort, sometimes seen as a smaller and more genteel alternative to nearby Blackpool...
is served by three stations: Lytham, (adjacent to the
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf ClubRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course: once prior to becoming a major tournament and twice since....
) and
St AnnesSt Annes-on-the-Sea railway station serves the town of St Annes-on-Sea in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line 3¼ miles south-southeast of Blackpool South....
. Northern Rail trains to
KirkhamThe Lancashire towns of Kirkham and Wesham, in England, are served by one railway station, Kirkham and Wesham.The station, opened in 1840, was originally located to the west of Station Road and named Kirkham Station...
and Preston are approximately once an hour, much less frequent than services to
Blackpool NorthBlackpool North railway station is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line from Preston, in Lancashire, England. Services from York and Leeds , Liverpool and Manchester terminate here....
.
The road name Station Road attests to the fact that the
original stationThe 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...
was about 500 metres east of the present one—a fire station now stands on the spot.
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Lytham railway station is on the
Blackpool SouthBlackpool South railway station is a single platform stop at the end of the Fylde coast branch line from Kirkham, in Lancashire, England. It is unmanned and has an hourly service daily, except winter Sundays....
to
PrestonPreston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line.It is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus First ScotRail overnight sleeper services between London and Scotland.-Station layout...
railway line, in
LancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The conurbation of
Lytham St AnnesLytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Annes-on-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort, sometimes seen as a smaller and more genteel alternative to nearby Blackpool...
is served by three stations: Lytham, (adjacent to the
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf ClubRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course: once prior to becoming a major tournament and twice since....
) and
St AnnesSt Annes-on-the-Sea railway station serves the town of St Annes-on-Sea in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line 3¼ miles south-southeast of Blackpool South....
. Northern Rail trains to
KirkhamThe Lancashire towns of Kirkham and Wesham, in England, are served by one railway station, Kirkham and Wesham.The station, opened in 1840, was originally located to the west of Station Road and named Kirkham Station...
and Preston are approximately once an hour, much less frequent than services to
Blackpool NorthBlackpool North railway station is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line from Preston, in Lancashire, England. Services from York and Leeds , Liverpool and Manchester terminate here....
.
The road name Station Road attests to the fact that the
original stationThe 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...
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 Ballam road station was originally a terminus, until 1874 when it was rebuilt and the Blackpool line was extended to join the Kirkham line, at which time the Station Road station closed to passengers.
The station ceased to be manned after the
cut-backs of the 1960sThe Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard Beeching...
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.
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