Blackpool Central Station - and Tower
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Blackpool Central Station - and Tower
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 31 Jul 1959
View northward, towards buffer-stops; terminus of Preston & Wyre (LNW & L&Y Joint) main lines from Preston via Kirkham & Wesham (direct via Marton or via Lytham). This major station was closed 2/11/64 and the line cut back to Blackpool South, later the direct line to Blackpool South from Kirkham being closed on 13/2/67. Blackpool North was made the main terminus. (The Stanier 3P 2-6-2T is on Station Pilot work).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.814557
Longitude
-3.054771