Ansdell & Fairhaven railway station
Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line in Lancashire, England. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell Station, Ansdell's Gate station,[2] and Ansdell's Halt.[3]
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| General information | |
| Location | Lytham St Annes, Fylde England |
| Coordinates | 53.7416°N 2.9934°W |
| Grid reference | SD345277 |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | AFV |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | LYR and LNWR joint |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1872 | Station opened as Ansdell[1] |
| 10 October 1903 | Station moved 300 m due west[1] |
| 25 January 1906 | Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  32,482 |
| 2018/19 | 32,240 |
| 2019/20 |  42,386 |
| 2020/21 | 9,476 |
| 2021/22 | 35,218 |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions the station is used to convey spectators to the course.
History
Opened by the Blackpool and Lytham Railway, then absorbed by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, the station joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in 1986. Trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.
Facilities
The station is unmanned with basic waiting shelters, but has a ticket vending machine (to allow intending passengers to buy before boarding or collect pre-bought tickets) and digital display screen to offer train running information. CCTV has been installed and running information can also be obtained by timetable posters and a payphone. Step-free access is via the aforementioned inclined ramp from Woodlands Road.[4]
Services
There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, to Blackpool South and to Preston and Colne (though weekday trains are not advertised as running beyond Preston).
Sunday services also operate hourly each way.[5]
References
Notes
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. 17. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- "Ansdell Station". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- "Richard Ansdell". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- Station Facilities - Ansdell and Fairhaven National Rail Enquiries
- GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 102 (Network Rail)
Sources
- Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map Centre of the three stations on the map.
External links
- Train times and station information for Ansdell & Fairhaven railway station from National Rail
- Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Ansdell / Fairhaven, accessed 17 October 2007
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| St Annes- -on-the-Sea |
Blackpool and Lytham Railway | Lytham | ||
