Kirkham and Wesham
Location type
StationName and dates
Kirkham and Wesham (1890-)Opened on the Preston and Wyre Railway, Dock and Harbour.
Description
This is a three platform station on the Preston to Blackpool line.
This station replaced Kirkham, immediately to its west, in 1890.
Until 2017 two high speed tracks bypassed the station on its north side, dividing where a planned (but not built) island platform would have been. To the south were two slow lines on either side of an island platform.
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Station
| Nearby stations Kirkham Lytham Junction Wrea Green Salwick Moss Side Weeton [Lancashire] Warton Lytham Dock Singleton Lytham [1st] Lytham Lea Road Ansdell Ansdell and Fairhaven Preston Riverside Blackpool Zoo | Kirkham North Junction Treales Siding Bradkirk Junction Lytham Old Junction Works Warton Junction Lea Road Watertroughs Lytham Goods Junction Marton Gas Works [Blackpool] Tourist/other Spen Lane Signal Box Weeton [Lancashire] Signal Box Singleton Bank Signal Box Constable Lane Signal Box Todderstaffe Signal Box Lock 5 Ribble Link |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 17/11/2017 | Blackpool to Preston railway line work will be worth pain says rail chief '[Blackpool Gazette] |
| 06/07/2016 | Rail line to close for up to 18 weeks [Gazette] |
