Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station

Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station is on the Blackpool South to Preston railway line in Lancashire, England. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell Station, Ansdell's Gate station^[2] and Ansdell's Halt.^[3]

Ansdell and Fairhaven
General information
Location	Lytham St Annes, Fylde England
Coordinates	53.7416°N 2.9934°W / 53.7416; -2.9934
Grid reference	SD345277
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	AFV
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	LYR and LNWR joint
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1872	Station opened as Ansdell[1]
10 October 1903	Station moved 300 m due west[1]
25 January 1906	Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven[1]
Passengers
2018/19	32,240
2019/20	42,386
2020/21	9,476
2021/22	35,218
2022/23	40,982
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions the station is used to convey spectators to the course.

History

Opened by the Blackpool and Lytham Railway, then absorbed by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, the station joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in 1986. Trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction Monday to Saturday, to Blackpool South and to Preston and Colne (though weekday trains are not advertised as running beyond Preston).

Sunday services also operate hourly each way.^[4]

See also

• Public transport in the Fylde

References

Notes

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
2. "Ansdell Station". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
3. "Richard Ansdell". Lytham Online. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
4. GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 102 (Network Rail)

Sources

• Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map Centre of the three stations on the map.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station from National Rail
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Ansdell / Fairhaven, accessed 17 October 2007

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
St Annes-on-the-Sea		Northern Blackpool South Branch Line		Lytham
	Historical railways
St Annes- -on-the-Sea		Blackpool and Lytham Railway		Lytham