St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station

St Annes-on-the-Sea National Rail
Location
Place St Annes-on-the-Sea
Local authority Fylde
Coordinates 53°45′11″N 3°01′44″W / 53.7531°N 3.0290°W / 53.7531; -3.0290Coordinates: 53°45′11″N 3°01′44″W / 53.7531°N 3.0290°W / 53.7531; -3.0290
Grid reference SD322290
Operations
Station code SAS
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 1
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 128,088
2013/14 Increase 132,262
2014/15 Increase 131,166
2015/16 Decrease 125,146
2016/17 Increase 132,884
History
Original company Blackpool and Lytham Railway
Pre-grouping L&YR and L&NWR joint
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
6 April 1863 Opened as Cross Slack[1]
November 1873 Relocated[1]
January 1875 Renamed St Annes-on-the-Sea[1]
1925 Rebuilt
1985 Rebuilt again
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Annes-on-the-Sea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station serves the town of St Annes-on-the Sea, commonly known as St Annes, which is part of the conurbation of Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line 3 1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) south-southeast of Blackpool South.

History

The station opened on 1 November 1873[2] when it was called Cross Slack.[3] It was renamed St Annes-on-the-Sea two years later.[3] The station lost its Up Side platform in 1986 (although this is still visible), when the line from Kirkham was reduced to single track (the line west of here had previously been singled in May 1982) and most of the station was demolished. A new, smaller building was erected to house a ticket office, staffed on a part-time basis, which was officially opened in September 1986 by the Area Passenger Manager.[4]

The station is currently served by the Northern East Lancashire Line trains between Blackpool South and Colne.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service westbound to Blackpool South and eastbound to Preston (and beyond to Blackburn and Colne on Sundays only). The one daily service from St Annes to Manchester Piccadilly was withdrawn at the end of the 2007–08 timetable.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.[5]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. ↑ Bairstow, p.103.
  3. 1 2 Bairstow, p.16.
  4. ↑ "Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users' Association – St Annes". Retrieved 17 October 2007.
  5. ↑ GB eNRT May 2018 Edition, Table 97 (Network Rail)

Sources

  • Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Squires Gate   Northern
Blackpool Branch Lines		   Ansdell and
Fairhaven
  Historical railways  
South Shore
until 1913		   Blackpool and
Lytham Railway		   Ansdell and
Fairhaven
Gillett's Crossing Halt
1913–1949		    
Squires Gate
after 1949		    
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