Salwick railway station

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Salwick National Rail
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The station in 2007
Location
Place Salwick
Local authority Fylde
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SD461320
Operations
Station code SLW
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  1,858
2005/06 Increase 2,186
2006/07 Decrease 1,723
2007/08 Increase 3,554
2008/09 Decrease 2,650
2009/10 Decrease 1,776
2010/11 Increase 1,944
2011/12 Increase 2,064
2012/13 Increase 2,222
2013/14 Increase 2,994
2014/15 Decrease 2,612
History
Original company Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping L&YR and L&NWR joint
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
1842 Opened as Salwick Road[1]
June 1842 Renamed Salwick[1]
2 May 1938 Closed[1]
8 April 1940 Reopened[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Salwick from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Salwick railway station is situated on the Preston-to-Blackpool railway line in England, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). west of Preston, and is managed by Northern. The station lies between Preston and Kirkham, near the village of Clifton.

The station was closed on 2 May 1938 along with Lea Road railway station to the east, but was reopened on 8 April 1940 to serve the adjacent industrial complex.[2][3]

Lancashire County Council has pledged to construct a new station at nearby Cottam which may require the closure of Salwick as referred to at page 38 of the Central Lancashire Highways and Transport Masterplan.[4]

Services

Salwick is served by only three trains towards Preston/Colne and three towards Blackpool a day, but it is not a formal request stop; trains are timetabled to stop there.[5] It is used by very few passengers (as low as 1,858 in 2004–05), but provides a commuter service for the workers at the nearby Springfields BNFL complex. Trains do not call at Salwick on Sundays.

  • Salwick 1 railway station 2059854 7f01ffe1.jpg

    View eastwards, towards Preston in 1959

  • Salwick 2 railway station geograph-2161678.jpg

    Up expresses racing at Salwick in 1959

  • Salwick 3 railway station geograph-2163356.jpg

    View westward, towards Kirkham in 1959

  • Salwick Railway Station in 2011. Photograph by Brian Young.jpg

    View westwards, towards Kirkham in 2011

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Highways and Transport masterplan (Link) Lancashire County Council
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Kirkham and Wesham   Northern
Blackpool (S) Branch Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Preston
Historical railways
Kirkham and Wesham   Preston and Wyre Joint Railway   Lea Road
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