Lytham railway station

Lytham
Location
Place	Lytham St Annes
Local authority	Fylde
Coordinates	53°44′21″N 2°57′51″W / 53.7392°N 2.9643°WCoordinates: 53°44′21″N 2°57′51″W / 53.7392°N 2.9643°W
Grid reference	SD364274
Operations
Station code	LTM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	65,712
2005/06	67,382
2006/07	67,850
2007/08	71,261
2008/09	71,914
2009/10	77,446
2010/11	81,582
2011/12	85,490
2012/13	86,414
2013/14	90,110
2014/15	87,662
History
6 April 1863	Opened as terminus
1 July 1874	Rebuilt as through station
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lytham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Lytham railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line, in Lancashire, England.

Services

The conurbation of Lytham St Annes is served by three stations: Lytham, Ansdell and Fairhaven (adjacent to the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club) and St Annes. Northern runs trains from here to Kirkham, Preston and Colne once an hour (except for winter Sundays);^[1] these services are much less frequent than those to Blackpool North. Services are usually worked by Class 150 or Class 142 Diesel Multiple Units.

History

The road name Station Road attests to the fact that the original station 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.

On 4 November 1924, an express passenger train was derailed due to a broken tyre on the locomotive. Fourteen people were killed.^[2]

The station ceased to be manned after the cut-backs of the 1960s 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.

References

Notes

1. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 97 (Network Rail)
2. Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.

Sources

• Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
• Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1, p. 29.

External links

• Train times and station information for Lytham railway station from National Rail