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Kirkham & W. North Junction to Blackpool (Central)

Stations are indicated by an ‘#’ symbol prior to the place name. Signal boxes are indicated by numbers in the left hand column. Location names are as shown in the 1960 Sectional Appendix and may be different from the station name.

Section of Line	Opened	Closed	Notes
Kirkham & Wesham to Lytham (Station Road)	16.04.1846 (A)
Lytham (2nd) to Blackpool Central	06.04.1863 (A)
Kirkham & Wesham to Wrea Green new connection	01.07.1874 (A)
Connection at Lytham allowing through running	01.07.1874 (A)
Blackpool South to Blackpool Central		02.11.1964 (A)

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
	Junctions and other features	Up	Down	Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
Maximum permissible speed 75 m.p.h.
1		–	↓	Kirkham and Wesham North Junction	–
2		↑	↓	# Wrea Green Station (Map)	1m 493yds		c. 26.06.1961
3		↑	↓	# Moss Side Station (Map)	1m 825yds		c. 26.06.1961
4		↑	↓	# Warton	1m 298yds		c. 01.05.1874
5		↑	↓	Lytham Goods	0m 1506yds
				# Lytham (Station Road) Station			c. 01.07.1874
6		↑	↓	# Lytham Station (Map)	0m 1204yds	URS 70
7		↑	↓	# Andsell Station (Map)	1m 152yds
8		↑	↓	# St. Annes Station (Map)	1m 1708yds
9		↑	↓	# Squires Gate Station (Map)	1m 753yds
10		↑	↓	Blackpool (South) No. 1	1m 1001yds
11		↑	↓↓	# Blackpool (South) No. 3 (Map)	0m 338yds
12		↑↕↕↕↑	↓↓	Bloomfield Rd.	0m 484yds
13		↑↕↑	↓↓	Spen Dyke	0m 518yds
14	—	↑↕↕↑↑	–	# Blackpool (Central) Station (Map)	0m 506yds		c. 2.11.1964

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