Salwick railway station is situated on the Blackpool South branch line in England, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) west of Preston, and is managed by Northern. The station lies between Preston and Kirkham, near the village of Clifton.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Salwick, Fylde England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°46′55″N 2°49′10″W / 53.7819°N 2.8195°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD461320 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SLW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | L&YR and L&NWR joint | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
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| 1842 | Opened as Salwick Road[1] | ||||
| June 1842 | Renamed Salwick[1] | ||||
| 2 May 1938 | Closed[1] | ||||
| 8 April 1940 | Reopened[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1,670 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  352 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1,820 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1,532 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1,548 | ||||
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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
editSalwick is served by only three trains towards Preston and three towards Blackpool a day, but it is not a formal request stop; trains are timetabled to stop there. In the December 2022 timetable the three westbound calls are provided by one service to Blackpool South in the morning and two in the evening, and eastbound by two services to Preston in the morning and one in the evening.
It is used by very few passengers (as low as 1,404 in 2018–19), but provides a commuter service for the workers at the nearby Springfields Westinghouse nuclear fuel production complex.
Trains do not call at Salwick on Sundays.
Modernisation
editThe modernisation and electrification of the Preston to Blackpool North line, and hence the station, was announced in December 2009.[5] The modernisation included rebuilding and raising the road bridge in the station vicinity for necessary electrification clearance and completely new signalling of the entire line[6] along with rationalisation of the lines and removal of the spur into the nuclear facility nearby. The removal of the signal box along with four others along the line was included as part of the works.[7][8] This resulted in a total blockade of the line as far as Kirkham and thus including Salwick station from 11 November 2017 until 29 January 2018.[9][10]
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View eastwards, towards Preston in 1959 -
Up expresses racing at Salwick in 1959 -
View westward, towards Kirkham in 1959 -
The station in 2007. -
View westwards, towards Kirkham in 2011 -
South side looking east to Preston. -
during reconstruction and electrification -
Salwick masted
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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. 205. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Biddle, G (1989). The Railways Around Preston - A Historical Review. Scenes from the Past. Foxline Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 1-870119-05-3.
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (2001). Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publ. p. 37. ISBN 1-871944-23-6.
- ^ Highways and Transport masterplan (Link) Archived 31 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Lancashire County Council
- ^ "Railway lines to be electrified". 14 December 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Enhancements Delivery Plan" (PDF). 13 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Network Rail confirms Blackpool electrification plans | Railnews | Today's news for Tomorrow's railway". www.railnews.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "North West Electrification Project Phase 3 - VolkerRail". www.volkerrail.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Blackpool rail route reopens but electrification work hits problems". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Electrification means Blackpool and Preston railway connected to WCML for first time". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- Taylor, Stuart (1997). Journeys by Excursion Train: Preston to Blackpool (Central). Scenes from the Past. Foxline Publishing. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-870119-51-7.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Salwick railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains Limited service | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Kirkham and Wesham | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | Lea Road | ||