Wrea Green railway station

Former railway station in England

53°46′44″N 2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°W / 53.7790; -2.9184Grid referenceSD 3957 3179Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyPreston and Wyre Joint RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates16 February 1846Opened26 June 1961Closed

Wrea Green railway station was on the Blackpool South to Kirkham line. It served the village of Wrea Green, in Lancashire, England, and closed in 1961.[1]

The station opened in 1846. A single-track line to Lytham branched off the Kirkham-to-Poulton line at right angles, heading south-south-west to Wrea Green.

When the line was connected to the Blackpool and Lytham Railway in 1874, the line was doubled and the corner between Kirkham and Wrea Green was cut by a new southwesterly line.[2]

References

  1. ^ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Wrea Green, accessed 17 October 2007
  2. ^ Hughes, R.V. (1931), "Early Coast travel", LMS Magazine, Feb. 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007


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