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Blackpool North
All photographs of this location in date order.
![With Blackpool North being rebuilt (again) in 2017 for electrification here is a map from a hundred years ago, when it was known as Blackpool Talbot Road. The main part of the station, shaded black, was later demolished and replaced by a new building serving the old excursion platforms, some of which are now being removed [See image 60483]. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/index.html <br><br>[Mark Bartlett //1913]](/images/60000/60514.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Jubilees in a siding alongside Blackpool North shed in September 1962. Nearest the camera is no 45731 <I>Persevereance</I>. The locomotive was officially withdrawn from Blackpool Central (24E) three months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 23/09/1962]](/images/38000/38171.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Britannia Pacific no 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I> stands on Blackpool North shed (Talbot Road) on Boxing Day 1967 after bringing in a football excursion from Carlisle. Although officially closed in 1964, Blackpool North was used to service locomotives until almost the end of steam. The shed was finally demolished in 1975. (Note for football fans: The league division 2 match at Bloomfield Road on 26 December 1967 ended Blackpool 1 Carlisle United 1 and was watched by a crowd of 20,732.)<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/29000/29195.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Scene on shed at Blackpool North on Boxing Day 1967 (by which time the depot had been officially closed for 3 years). In the picture are Britannia Pacific no 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I> of Kingmoor, which had brought in a football excursion from Carlisle earlier that day [see image 29195], face to face with Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48033, latterly of Spring's Branch, Wigan, with an unidentified locomotive beyond. Blackpool North shed was eventually demolished in 1975.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/29000/29212.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Looking towards Blackpool North station from the locomotive shed area on 26 December 1967. [See image 29212]. Black 5 no 45353 is just leaving the platform with the 2.30pm to Leeds via Manchester, with a BRCW DMU over on the left. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/31000/31996.jpg "Blackpool North")
![45353 storms past Blackpool North shed with the 2.30pm to Leeds via Manchester on 26 December 1967. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/32000/32035.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Black 5 no 45353 leaving Blackpool North on Boxing Day 1967 with the 2.30pm to Leeds via Manchester. Photograph taken from Blackpool North shed.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/32000/32226.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Scene on Blackpool North shed (Talbot Road) on Boxing Day 1967 with Britannia Pacific no 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I> making use of the facilities, having arrived earlier with a football special from Carlisle. (The shed had been officially closed in 1964).<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/12/1967]](/images/35000/35276.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Three years after official closure, Blackpool North shed plays host to Britannia Pacific no 70013 <I>Oliver Cromwell</I> of Carlisle Kingmoor, which had arrived in the town on Boxing Day 1967 with a football special. In the background is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48033. Final demolition took place here in 1975.<br><br>[K A Gray 26/12/1967]](/images/39000/39332.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Looking back towards the terminal building at Blackpool North along Platform 5/6 in August 2008. New signalling structures have been installed part way down each platform but not yet commissioned.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/08/2008]](/images/20000/20268.jpg "Blackpool North")
![There is still a fine array of semaphores at Blackpool North. The eight platform roads are controlled by No.2 box, just visible, behind the middle gantry, but for how much longer?<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/08/2008]](/images/20000/20269.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North No. 2 signal box, a large Lancashire & Yorkshire structure controlling the stations semaphores and points, is not readily accessible hence this view from a train arriving at the station. Box No. 3 has long since disappeared but No. 1 still operated at the other end of the carriage sidings until it closed in January 2011. [See image 32533]<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/08/2008]](/images/20000/20443.jpg "Blackpool North")
![180106 at Blackpool North on 7th January 2009 waiting to form a service to Manchester Victoria. One of the latest additions to the Northern fleet, it was cascaded to Northern when First Great Western took them off lease.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 07/01/2009]](/images/22000/22062.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North on 7th January 2008, with a mix or trains waiting their next turn of duty. <br><br>[Graham Morgan 07/01/2009]](/images/22000/22064.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A Northern class 180 <I>Adelante</I> arrival at Blackpool North on 4 August 2010.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 04/08/2010]](/images/30000/30111.jpg "Blackpool North")
![156468 arriving at Blackpool North amongst a fine display of semaphores on 9 September 2010 <br><br>[Graham Morgan 09/09/2010]](/images/30000/30661.jpg "Blackpool North")
![185122 at Platform 7 of Blackpool North waiting it's next turn of duty on 9th September 2010<br><br>[Graham Morgan 09/09/2010]](/images/30000/30667.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North No.1 Signal Box as seen from a train departing for Manchester Victoria on 9th September 2010. The SB was switched out on 30 April 2007, and recently had it's crossover and yard access pointwork removed. The box will abolished in March 2011 and demolished with a slight reworking of the approach signalling (With thanks to Darren Hunt for supplying the information).<br><br>[Graham Morgan 09/09/2010]](/images/31000/31335.jpg "Blackpool North")
![158815 leaves Blackpool North on 19 October, passing some of the semaphore signals which will be replaced when the line is electrified.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/10/2010]](/images/31000/31249.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Semaphores out of use. Blackpool North No.1 signal box closed recently leaving just No.2, seen here, and then Carleton Crossing controlling the line to Poulton-le-Fylde. The semaphore distants here have large crosses on the arms indicating they are not in use as the home signal(s) they protect are also out of use. View towards Blackpool carriage sidings from a point alongside the end of Blackpool North platforms. [See image 34138] <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/01/2011]](/images/32000/32514.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool No. 1 signal box, situated at the eastern end of the carriage depot, formally closed at the end of 2010. This picture was taken after closure and the box was completely demolished soon afterwards. The lines in the foreground are part of the sidings while those in front of the box are the running lines. The block now extends from Blackpool North station to Carleton Crossing. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/01/2011]](/images/32000/32533.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The carriage sidings at Blackpool North normally stand empty during the day, although many DMUs are serviced there overnight between duties. 158754 is about to enter Blackpool North station with a service from York on 27 January, passing the deserted sidings and carriage washing plant.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/01/2011]](/images/32000/32554.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A Northern local service arrives at Blackpool North. 156486 runs in past the bracket semaphores on the ends of the platforms. Resignalling has been proposed for years now but the planned electrification will probably see these signals, and Blackpool North No. 2 box, finally replaced. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/01/2011]](/images/32000/32614.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The entrance to Blackpool Train Maintenance Depot (TOPS Depot Code BP) is not particularly imposing. It is in the middle of a residential area of Blackpool and the depot accommodation comprises the two low roof buildings seen here at the top of the ramp. The depot rarely sees stock during the daytime but a number of DMUs are serviced here overnight and the overhead lighting of the carriage sidings can be seen behind the buildings. The sidings themselves are directly alongside the main running lines just outside Blackpool North station [See image 32554].<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/01/2011]](/images/32000/32675.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Brush Type 2 locos were once a fairly regular sight at Blackpool North but not these days and on 11th May 2011 31602 was a most unusual visitor with a Network Rail train. The loco is seen in Platform 1 with one of the (soon to be replaced) Northern Class 180 Adelante units alongside. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/05/2011]](/images/34000/34032.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Nameplate (and shed plate) as carried on the elderly flanks of Network Rail Brush Type 2 31602. Driver Dave Green named the locomotive himself at a surprise ceremony at the Serco workshops in Derby on 3 November 2007 to mark his 52 years of railway service. 19B was the code for Millhouses shed in Sheffield from 1935 to 1958 (later 41C). Plate photographed at Blackpool North while the locomotive was on layover with a Network Rail test train [See image 34032]. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/05/2011]](/images/34000/34154.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The distant semaphores shown here were temporarily out of use in January 2011 [See image 32514] as Blackpool No. 1 signal box was being demolished. It is good to see them working again (at least until electrification) and I presume the home signal they protect is now operated from No. 2 box seen here but local information would be welcome. 150277 leaves the station on 18 May heading for Manchester Victoria. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/05/2011]](/images/34000/34138.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A York to Blackpool North service, formed by Northern 158754, is on the last few yards of its 3 hour journey. It is passing the entrance to Blackpool maintenance depot sidings, and Blackpool No.2 signal box, as it approaches the platforms that are just out of picture to the left. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 27/11/2011]](/images/54000/54400.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Although very busy with overnight servicing the Blackpool North carriage sidings are usually empty during the day time. However, the Christmas closedown of the network means that for two days trains are stabled there. This was the scene on Boxing Day 2012 when many units of classes 142, 150, 156, 158 and 185 were present under a threatening sky.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/12/2012]](/images/41000/41495.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North is deserted on Boxing Day 2012 and only 158903 is stabled in the station area. In the background, the tower is once again covered in scaffolding for another repair.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/12/2012]](/images/41000/41516.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Boxing Day 2012 sees a line up of trains in the depot sidings at Blackpool North. Visible are Classes 185, 158, 142 and 156 with Class 150 Sprinters also present. Blackpool North station, and the depot, will close during 2016 for electrification work and the maintenance and fuelling facility will temporarily move to Farington Junction near Leyland [See image 55237]<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/12/2012]](/images/55000/55364.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The last surviving Blackpool signal box, L&YR built North No.2, is looking decidedly shabby but will disappear with the forthcoming electrification and so is unlikely to be spruced up. Northern <I>Movember embellished</I> Sprinter 150206 approaches the platforms at Blackpool North on a sunny morning in November 2013. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2013]](/images/45000/45312.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Six of the eight semaphore signals that control departures from the platforms at Blackpool North are seen here on 13th November 2013. They will not survive electrification, due for completion in May 2016. TPE 185107 leaves Platform 7 with the hourly Manchester Airport service.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/11/2013]](/images/45000/45399.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Elevated view of Blackpool North from the new municipal buildings that now overlook the station. A 150 Sprinter is in Platform 2, while a 158 waits in Platform 6 on a York service. The taxi rank and land beyond were once occupied by the main station platforms which extended back beyond the area now covered by the road.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/09/2014]](/images/48000/48711.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Typical motive power line up at Blackpool North in September 2014, with a TransPennine 185 alongside a Northern 158 and a 156 also in the station. Behind, on the hill, the new buildings overlooking the station are part of the town centre regeneration. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/09/2014]](/images/48000/48733.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The soon to change scene at Blackpool North station where Network Rail has announced that during electrification and resignalling they are taking the opportunity to simplify the track layout too. 158842 departs for York towards the array of semaphores on 15 September, while another Class 158 from York waits to take its place in Platform 6. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/09/2014]](/images/48000/48993.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The 0921 Northern service to Huddersfield waits to leave Blackpool North on 24 September 2014. In the right background 31465 is at the adjacent platform with a Network Rail test train. <br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 24/09/2014]](/images/48000/48863.jpg "Blackpool North")
![31465 stands in the sunshine at Blackpool North on 24 September 2014 with the Network Rail test train.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 24/09/2014]](/images/48000/48889.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Platform 1 at Blackpool North on 24 September playing host to 31465 and the Network Rail test train.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 24/09/2014]](/images/48000/48949.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The 1417 Northern arrival from York stands at Blackpool North on 24 September alongside the 1440 TransPennine departure for Manchester Airport.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 24/09/2014]](/images/48000/48972.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The first visit of a Class 221 Voyager to Blackpool North. Voyager 221105 stands at platform 1 (left) on 25 November 2014 with a proving run from Preston in advance of the daily service to London, due to commence on 15 December 2014. With Blackpool Tower illuminated in the background, Northern Class 142, 150 and 156 units await their next turns.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/11/2014]](/images/49000/49564.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Virgin Voyager 221105 waits in platform 1 at Blackpool North on 25 November 2014 with a test run from Preston in preparation for the re-introduction of a daily Virgin service to London from 15 December 2014.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/11/2014]](/images/49000/49569.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A Northern Rail Pacer at Blackpool North.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 17/09/2015]](/images/52000/52715.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A view of the large circulating area at Blackpool North<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 17/09/2015]](/images/52000/52727.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Panorama of Blackpool North station, as seen from the Tower in January 2016. In the foreground the grey car park with the <I>Wilko</I> sign occupies the site of the old Blackpool Talbot Road station and will be replaced by the new tram terminus (See recent news item). The present day station uses the old excursion platforms and beyond them, and Blackpool No.2 signal box, the maintenance depot sidings can be seen with a trio of Northern DMUs present. The prominent landmark is the Warbreck water tower whilst upper left Heysham Power Station can also be seen, illustrating what an amazing viewpoint the Tower provides on a clear day.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 16/01/2016]](/images/54000/54079.jpg "Blackpool North")
![158757 sets off on a trans-pennine journey from Blackpool North to York on 29 October 2016. The semaphore signals will start to disappear during 2017 as Blackpool North is significantly modified as part of the electrification from Preston.<br><br>[John McIntyre 29/10/2016]](/images/57000/57499.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Northern Pacer 142044 heads a Huddersfield (via Manchester) service out of Platform 2 at Blackpool North on 7th December 2016. The semaphores here are controlled from Blackpool No.2 box, scheduled to be closed in November 2016 but given a <I>stay of execution</I> until November 2017 with electric trains due to start running in 2018. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/12/2016]](/images/57000/57471.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A view north-eastwards from behind the station building at Blackpool North. Electrification preparation work is well underway with the closure and demolition of platforms 1, 2 (right of station), 7 and 8 (left of the building). Along the line from Preston several OHL stanchions have been erected and at Kirkham work continues with the other station rebuilding.<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/08/2017]](/images/60000/60483.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North - 18th Sept 2017. Expecting crowds by any chance? Services to BPN cease on 10th November and resume in March 2018 after completion of electrification works<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 18/09/2017]](/images/61000/61682.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The view out from the circulating area to the platforms at Blackpool North in September 2017. Island Platform 1 and 2 to the right has already been removed for electrification rebuilding ahead of the ful closure in November.<br><br>[Veronica Clibbery 18/09/2017]](/images/61000/61753.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North, and the line to Preston, will close completely after the last train on 10th November 2017 and reopen in March 2018 after electrification work is completed. Ahead of that closure work continues at a number of locations including Blackpool North itself, seen here on 18th October 2017. Island platform 1 & 2 and associated tracks have now been completely removed with trains concentrated onto 3, 4, 5 & 6. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/10/2017]](/images/61000/61235.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A Northern Class 156 departs from Blackpool North on 04th November, less than a week before the station shuts until March 2018. In that time the semaphore signals and Blackpool North No.2 SB will disappear as the rebuild of the station moves into the next phase. In the foreground the track is in place for the new platform 1 but is not yet connected to the running lines.<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/11/2017]](/images/61000/61553.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A short distance from Blackpool North station, at the start of the journey to York, a Northern Class 158 passes (on the left) the carriage sidings on 4th November 2017. The new washer plant (to the left of the leading carriage) and the sand and gravel piles for the rebuild of the station can be seen.<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/11/2017]](/images/61000/61555.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Northern 150272 arrives at Blackpool North on 04 November 2017. No.2 SB and the semaphore signals have only a week to go before the station closes for an extended period and they are swept away.<br><br>[John McIntyre 04/11/2017]](/images/61000/61615.jpg "Blackpool North")
![<I>Last shift Blackpool North</I>. Blackpool No.2, a L&YR signal box, controlled its last trains and closed with effect from 11th November 2017. Seen here during the final evening shift, after the name board had already been removed. [See image 45312]. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/11/2017]](/images/61000/61648.jpg "Blackpool North")
![An evening view of Blackpool North on Friday 10th November 2017, its last full day of services before a nineteen week closure for electrification modernisation. Work continues in the foreground on the new Platforms 1 & 2. Tracks on the surviving Platforms 3-6 were lifted immediately after the closure period commenced. Signalling on the electrfied line to Preston will be controlled from Manchester. <br>
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<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/11/2017]](/images/61000/61660.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A new Platform 1/2, taking shape at Blackpool North on 21st November 2017. This looks like it will be capable of taking Pendolinos. Much still to do during the nineteen week closure but clearance work has been rapid in the ten days since closure. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/11/2017]](/images/61000/61830.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Rather symbolically, a bulldozer trundles past the site of Blackpool No. 2 on 21st November 2017. The old L&Y box had been swept away a few days previously and trackwork quickly lifted as a new layout is planned. Smaller instruments were removed for further use but the rest of the structure and the lever frame were broken up on site. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/11/2017]](/images/61000/61831.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Electrification work at Blackpool North carriage sidings where a new washing plant can be seen on 21st November 2017. A single track is in place on the main line for materials removal and Freightliner 66597 is at the head of a spoil train. The first point has been laid and it looks like the severe speed restriction at the old station throat is going to be eased considerably. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 21/11/2017]](/images/61000/61832.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A self-propelled rail crane positions track panels for the workforce in the new station throat at Blackpool North. 9th December 2017. The panels were being unloaded from a nearby road vehicle.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/12/2017]](/images/62000/62062.jpg "Blackpool North")
![New main line tracks have been laid alongside Blackpool Depot, as seen here on 9th December 2017. The rail vehicles in the foreground are the <I>match wagon</I> for the self propelled crane working in the station throat and another support vehicle. [See image 61832] for the same location less than three weeks earlier, since when the gantries on the depot sidings have also advanced considerably. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/12/2017]](/images/62000/62065.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Sparks flying at Blackpool North as a member of the <I>Orange Army</I> trims the reinforcing panels for the new platforms. One month on from closure significant progress is being made in the transformation of this station. 9th December 2017.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/12/2017]](/images/62000/62097.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Continuing progress at Blackpool North. Since my last visit one month previously [See image 62097] the side walls of all three island platforms have been installed, as have the other five tracks. The platform in the foreground is particularly long and will be able to accommodate Pendolinos. 9th January 2018.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/01/2018]](/images/62000/62469.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The new island platform 1/2 at Blackpool North, stretching out towards the relocated (and remodelled) station throat on 9th January 2018. Significant progress has been made here in the past month [See image 61831]. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 09/01/2018]](/images/62000/62489.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A full complement of gantries appear to be in place at Blackpool North depot sidings on 10th February 2018, although wiring has yet to take place. No masts yet on the main running lines in the foreground.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/02/2018]](/images/62000/62826.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The long Pendolino platform at Blackpool North is nearing completion and is seen here on 10th February 2018 looking towards the station throat and carriage sidings. Reopening of the rebuilt station is scheduled for Easter.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/02/2018]](/images/62000/62888.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Masts are now appearing alongside the new Blackpool North platforms and the first colour light signals have been installed at the end of Platform 1/2. 23rd February 2018. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 23/02/2018]](/images/63000/63016.jpg "Blackpool North")
![A particularly long gantry has been erected over six tracks at Blackpool North, seen here on 2nd March 2018 with work still proceeding on the new platforms. Note the new signals on island Platform 5/6. The station reopens to DIESEL trains on 26th March but electric services will only begin with the May 2018 timetable. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 02/03/2018]](/images/63000/63055.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Gantries are now being erected around the new platforms and approach to Blackpool North station. There was no snow to interfere with work on 2nd March 2018 but there was a bitingly cold wind for the <I>Orange Army</I> to contend with.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 02/03/2018]](/images/63000/63147.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Nearly there. New wires and signals in place at the Blackpool North station throat on 12th April 2018, prior to reopening (for diesel trains) four days later, although driver training runs started the following morning. [See image 32514] for a similar view in 2011.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/04/2018]](/images/63000/63579.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Looking towards the buffers at Blackpool North on 12th April 2018, with final testing of newly installed equipment taking place prior to reopening of the station four days later. The station has been transformed during the November to April closure. [See image 41516] for the same location prior to the changes. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/04/2018]](/images/63000/63580.jpg "Blackpool North")
![The Rail Replacement service for the Blackpool electrification closure, using a fleet of brand new buses, has been popular and efficient. At Blackpool North a temporary route into the station forecourt has been created and a bus from Preston is seen entering on 12th April 2018. The service has been running since November 2017 but will progressively be reduced after 15th April as trains are reintroduced. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 12/04/2018]](/images/63000/63581.jpg "Blackpool North")
![Blackpool North reopened to trains on 16th April 2018 with an hourly DMU service to Manchester Airport, and the daily London Virgin Voyager service. Further trains will be introduced as the new systems bed in and driver training is completed. This was the scene in the concourse at North station on 17th April. <br>
<br><br>[John Yellowlees 17/04/2018]](/images/63000/63650.jpg "Blackpool North")
