Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station is on the Fylde Coast branch line from Kirkham
to Blackpool South
, in Lancashire
, England
. It is across the road from the Blackpool Pleasure Beach complex and provides regular train connections to and from Blackpool and . There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach.
The station opened on 13 April 1987 at a cost of £58,000. This cost was met by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company (£31,000), British Rail (£15,000), Lancashire County Council (£10,000) and Blackpool Borough Council (£2,000).
The station has only one platform and is unstaffed.
The station is on the same site as Burlington Road Halt which was open for a railmotor service between 1913 and 1949.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach station is located about 200 metres (656.2 ft) from Burlington Road tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway
.
Kirkham and Wesham railway station
The Lancashire towns of Kirkham and Wesham, in England, are served by one railway station, Kirkham and Wesham. It is managed by Northern Rail, who operate most of the passenger services that call there .-Description:There are two platforms, and fairly obvious signs of the former size of the station...
to Blackpool South
Blackpool South railway station
Blackpool 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....
, in Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire 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. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England
England
England 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, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is across the road from the Blackpool Pleasure Beach complex and provides regular train connections to and from Blackpool and . There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach.
The station opened on 13 April 1987 at a cost of £58,000. This cost was met by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company (£31,000), British Rail (£15,000), Lancashire County Council (£10,000) and Blackpool Borough Council (£2,000).
The station has only one platform and is unstaffed.
The station is on the same site as Burlington Road Halt which was open for a railmotor service between 1913 and 1949.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach station is located about 200 metres (656.2 ft) from Burlington Road tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway
Blackpool tramway
The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England, and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by Blackpool Transport as...
.
External links
- Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Pleasure Beach, accessed 17 October 2007