Poulton Curve Halt railway station

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Poulton Curve
Location
Location	Poulton-le-Fylde
Area	Wyre
Coordinates	53°50′60″N 2°59′51″W / 53.8499, -2.9974Coordinates: 53°50′60″N 2°59′51″W / 53.8499, -2.9974
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	LYR / LNWR
Platforms	2
History
1 February 1909	Opened
1 July 1952	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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Poulton Curve was a halt on the Fleetwood-to-Blackpool railway line in Lancashire, England.

On 1 July 1899 a new curve was opened at Poulton-le-Fylde to complete the triangle of lines between Kirkham, Fleetwood and Blackpool. Poulton Curve Halt was opened on this section on 1 February 1909. It closed on 1 July 1952.

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Maps showing Poulton Curve Halt

Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945)

NPE Maps (1947)

Vision of Britain

Other maps

SD 3448 3976

• Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1 85306 801 2, p.38
• Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1, p.27

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Layton		Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Fleetwood Branch Line		Thornton for Cleveleys