Blackpool Talbot Road / North railway station (site), Lancashire, 2017
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Blackpool Talbot Road / North railway station (site), Lancashire, 2017 by Nigel Thompson as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 12 Apr 2017
Opened in 1846 by the Preston & Wyre Joint Railway (joint between the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the London & North Western Railway) as the terminus of the line from Preston. It was rebuilt in 1898, and renamed Blackpool North in 1953. It closed in 1974 and the site was redeveloped. View towards the former frontage on Dickson Street, once the site of a clock tower. When the station was rebuilt in 1898, a number of adjacent Excursion Platforms were added, a few blocks away. In 1974, these became the basis for the new Blackpool North station - see Image In 2020 the Wilko store was demolished to make room for an extension to the Blackpool tram system.
Image Location
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