Lytham (Station Road) railway station

The original Lytham railway station was the Lythamterminus of a branch of the Preston and Wyre Joint Rail-way from Kirkham in Lancashire, England. It opened,along with the branch, on 16 February 1846; the road itwas located in became known as Station Road. It wasbuilt in a Renaissance style from Longridge stone. Abranch was also built to the dock at Lytham Pool.In 1863, the Blackpool and Lytham Railway opened aseparate line to its own station in Ballam Road, Lytham.By 1874, both lines were owned jointly by the Lancashireand Yorkshire Railway and the London and North West-ern Railway. BallamRoad station was rebuilt as a throughstation and a connecting line was built to join the otherline east of Lytham. The original station in Station Roadwas then closed to passengers, but continued to be usedas a goods station until 1963.[1]

A fire station now occupies the site.

1 References[1] Historic England. “Lytham Station (497687)". PastScape.

Retrieved 24 September 2014.

• Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Run-past Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1,p.29

• Hughes, R.V. (1931), “Early Coast travel”, LMSMagazine, February 1931, accessed online 18 Oc-tober 2007

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