Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station
Blackpool Pleasure Beach  | |
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| Location | Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool England |
| Coordinates | 53°47′16″N 3°03′14″W / 53.7879°N 3.0540°WCoordinates: 53°47′16″N 3°03′14″W / 53.7879°N 3.0540°W |
| Grid reference | SD306329 |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BPB |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1913 | Burlington Road Halt opened |
| 11 September 1939[1] | Burlington Road Halt closed |
| April 1987 | Pleasure Beach station opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  107,040 |
| 2016/17 | 105,466 |
| 2017/18 |  106,844 |
| 2018/19 | 115,456 |
| 2019/20 | 126,928 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station serves the Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park. It is the penultimate station before Blackpool South on the Blackpool South to Colne line. There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach. Pleasure Beach Station is located about 300 metres (980 ft) from Burlington Road West tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.
History[]
The station opened on 13 April 1987[2] at a cost of £58,000. This cost was met by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company (£31,000), British Rail (£15,000), Lancashire County Council (£10,000) and Blackpool Borough Council (£2,000).[citation needed]
The station has only one platform and is unstaffed.
The station is on the same site as Burlington Road Halt which was open for a railmotor service between 1913 and 1939.[3]
Facilities[]
Though unstaffed, it has been provided with a ticket machine in the main platform waiting shelter and digital information screen to supply train running information (this can also been obtained from timetable posters, a pay phone and a digital P.A system). Step-free access is available from the adjacent street.[4]
Services[]
The typical off-peak service from the station is:[5]
- 1tph (train per hour) to Blackpool South
- 1tph to Preston
References[]
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 82
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 36. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1, p.31
- ^ National Rail Enquiries - Blackpool Pleasure Beach NRES website; Retrieved 21 November 2019
- ^ Table 97 National Rail timetable, May 2020
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station from National Rail
- Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Pleasure Beach, accessed 17 October 2007
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Blackpool Branch Line | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| South Shore | Blackpool and Lytham Railway | Squires Gate | ||
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Railway stations in Blackpool
- Former Preston and Wyre Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1913
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939
- Railway stations opened by British Rail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987
- Northern franchise railway stations
- 1913 establishments in England