Preston and Wyre Joint Railway

Poulton-le-Fylde Station
Carleton level crossing between Poulton-le-Fylde and Layton

Blackpool & Fleetwood branch lines

Legend
Fleetwood
Wyre Dock
Burn Naze Halt
Thornton–Cleveleys
Ramper Road

Poulton Curve Halt

Layton

Poulton-le-Fylde
original
second
Blackpool North
Singleton
Blackpool Central
Blackpool South
Kirkham and Wesham
South Shore
Salwick
Blackpool tramway
Blackpool
Pleasure Beach
Lea Road
Blackpool tramway Squires Gate

UpperRight arrow West Coast Main Line
Gillett's Crossing Halt

Right arrow Preston & Longridge Rly
St Annes-on-the-Sea
Maudlands
Ansdell and Fairhaven
Down arrow West Coast Main Line
Lytham
Wrea Green
Moss Side
Lytham (Station Road)

The Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (PWJR) – in full, the Preston & Wyre Railway and Dock Company – was the result of a merger in 1839 between the Preston & Wyre Railway and Harbour Company, formed in 1835 and the Preston & Wyre Dock Company, formed in 1837. The Dock Company was vested jointly between the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) – one third – and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway – two thirds – on 28 July 1849 to become the PWJR.[1]

Route

The railway was originally built to connect Preston on the LNWR West Coast Main Line with the port of Fleetwood at the mouth of the River Wyre. In 1861 the Blackpool and Lytham Railway (B&LR) was opened; this was included in the Joint Railway, amalgamated in 1871. A branch from Poulton-le-Fylde to a station at Talbot Road, Blackpool, completed the 45 miles (72 km) of track.

Stations

The following stations exist or have existed on the line:

See also

References

  1. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
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