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Blackpool branch lines
Layton railway station on the branch to Blackpool North
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Lancashire North West England
Termini
Preston
Blackpool North/South
Stations
13
Service
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Northern Trains
Rolling stock
Class 150 Class 156 Class 158 Class 195 Class 221 Class 319 Class 331 Class 390
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
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Blackpool & Fleetwood branch lines
Legend
Fleetwood
Wyre Dock
Burn Naze Halt
Thornton–Cleveleys
Ramper Road
Poulton Curve Halt
Layton
Poulton-le-Fylde
original
second
Blackpool North
Singleton
Blackpool Central
Blackpool South
(Waterloo Road )
Kirkham and Wesham
South Shore
Salwick
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
(Burlington Road West )
Lea Road
Squires Gate
(Starr Gate )
Lea Road
Gillett's Crossing Halt
Preston & Longridge Rly
St Annes-on-the-Sea
Maudlands
Ansdell and Fairhaven
Preston
Lytham
West Coast Main Line
Wrea Green
Moss Side
Lytham (Station Road)
The Blackpool branch lines are two railway lines running from the West Coast Main Line at Preston to Blackpool. The main branch, which is double tracked and electrified, runs to Blackpool North station via Poulton-le-Fylde. A second branch, which is single tracked and unelectrified, diverges from the main branch at Kirkham and Wesham junction, running on a southerly route to Blackpool South station via Lytham.
The Preston to Blackpool North route was resignalled and electrified with overhead wires at 25kV AC; electric trains ran from the May 2018 timetable change.
Previously, there was also a central branch running from Kirkham to Blackpool Central station; this was closed in the 1960s and the route became a road linking from the M55 known as Yeadon Way.
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