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Wrea Green railway station

Coordinates: 53°46′44″N 2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°W / 53.7790; -2.9184
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Wrea Green
Site of the former station (2012)
General information
LocationWrea Green, Fylde
England
Coordinates53°46′44″N 2°55′06″W / 53.7790°N 2.9184°W / 53.7790; -2.9184
Grid referenceSD 3957 3179
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPreston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 February 1846Opened
26 June 1961Closed

Wrea Green railway station was on the Blackpool South to Kirkham line. It served the village of Wrea Green, in Lancashire, England, and closed in 1961.[1]

The station opened in 1846. A single-track line to Lytham branched off the Kirkham-to-Poulton line at right angles, heading south-south-west to Wrea Green.

When the line was connected to the Blackpool and Lytham Railway in 1874, the line was doubled and the corner between Kirkham and Wrea Green was cut by a new southwesterly line.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Wrea Green, accessed 17 October 2007
  2. ^ Hughes, R.V. (1931), "Early Coast travel", LMS Magazine, Feb. 1931, accessed online 18 October 2007


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Moss Side   Preston and
Wyre Joint Railway

Lytham Branch Line
  Kirkham & Wesham