Abandoned Railways & Places | St Annes Railway Station (Blackpool)

The line Officially opened on the 4th April 1863 known as the Blackpool and Lytham Railway this 4 mile short line station terminus at the Blackpool end was located where the old Central Station was, but then known as Hound-Hill Station.

St Annes station opened on 1 November 1870 when it was called Cross Slack. It was renamed St Annes-on-the-Sea three years later. Not many people know that over the past centuries St Annes Station buildings have been built from Wood, stone and now brick.

It’s incredible to think that once a half timbered building resembling more of a country house stood here as seen in this photo with a landau waiting outside for passengers - like the local taxi’s do now.

Three years later this was all demolished and lost to the history books as a new station built mainly of stone and brick was erected in it’s place - more of a Victorian looking standard, as with a lot of the buildings in this town. Just to the north where Sainsburys is now was the Goods Yard. A Railway Hotel was built just opposite the road.

A round the same time it was realised the stations in Lytham and Blackpool were only built to a size to accommodate Winter visitor numbers only. This was an issue to the prosperity to come thus both Stations had to be extended or re-built to cater for the passengers.

Along the line were other stations, built at different times in response to the growing populations of the towns and villages it served.

You could get express trains from this station once upon a time to London, but the station lost its Up Side platform in 1986 when the line from Kirkham was reduced to single track in May 1982 and most of the grand station was demolished. A real shame to see such a beautiful building leveled to the ground.

Unlike all the stations on the South Fylde Line, a smaller station building built to house a ticket office, staffed on a part-time basis, which was officially opened in September 1986 by the Area Passenger Manager. It’s still here today under the watch of it’s train operator Northern and well tended to by the Friends of St Annes on Sea.

A lot of passion goes into this station, a lot of love and dedication, lets hope the well used ticket office is treated with the same respect and keeps it’s title as the only station on this line since 1863 to still be issuing tickets 160 + years later!

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