Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station

Ansdell and Fairhaven
Location
Place	Lytham St Annes
Local authority	Fylde
Coordinates	53°44′30″N 2°59′36″W / 53.7416°N 2.9934°WCoordinates: 53°44′30″N 2°59′36″W / 53.7416°N 2.9934°W
Grid reference	SD345277
Operations
Station code	AFV
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	40,238
2011/12	41,516
2012/13	59,344
2013/14	41,812
2014/15	36,794
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	LYR and LNWR joint
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
1872	Station opened as Ansdell[1]
10 October 1903	Station moved 300 m due west[1]
25 January 1906	Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ansdell and Fairhaven from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line in Lancashire, England. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell Station, Ansdell’s Gate station,^[2] and Ansdell’s Halt.^[3]

The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions the station is used to ferry spectators to the course.

History

Opened by the Blackpool and Lytham Railway, then absorbed by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, the station joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in the 1980s. Trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, to Blackpool South and to Preston and Colne.

Sunday services operate hourly between Blackpool South and Preston from March until early November.^[4]

References

Notes

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
2. "Ansdell Station". Lytham Online. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
3. "Richard Ansdell". Lytham Online. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
4. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 97 (Network Rail)

Sources

• Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map Centre of the three stations on the map.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station from National Rail
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Ansdell / Fairhaven, accessed 17 October 2007