Wyre Dock railway station

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Wyre Dock / Fleetwood

Location

Location

Wyre Dock, Fleetwood

Area

Wyre

Coordinates

53°55′09″N 3°00′51″W / 53.9192, -3.0142Coordinates: 53°55′09″N 3°00′51″W / 53.9192, -3.0142

Operations

Original company

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway

Pre-grouping

LYR / LNWR

Platforms

History

1885

Opened

18 April 1966

Renamed "Fleetwood"

30 May 1970

Closed

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Wyre Dock railway station served Fleetwood in Lancashire, England from 1885 to 1970.

Wyre Dock passenger station was constructed in 1885^[1], on the Fleetwood Branch Line from Poulton-le-Fylde, about half a mile from the Fleetwood main terminus. The station stood at the southern end of Dock Street, about a quarter mile from Wyre Dock itself. There had been a branch line for freight only to Wyre Dock since its construction in 1877, to support the distribution of fish.

Fleetwood's main terminus was closed on 18 April 1966, as a result of the Beeching Cuts, and Wyre Dock was renamed "Fleetwood" station, as the terminus of the Fleetwood Branch Line.^[2] However, all passenger services between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood were withdrawn on 30 May 1970,^[3] and the station was demolished. Light industry developed in the area, and, in the 1990s, the new A585 Amounderness Way bypass was built on the former railway bed.

[edit] Notes

^ Suggitt, p.37
^ Welch, p.28
^ Suggitt, p.41

[edit] References

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