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I'm not talking down the Blackpool South line at all, it is was it is. I regularly commuted on it for 10 years so I know what it's like very well. It's doing quite nicely but has one major issue it's a long siding. I'm just pointing out that any fantasy idea of reopening Blackpool Central are...

The only way that Blackpool Central would have survived over North is for the direct route from Kirkham to remain open. If that had happened Lytham St Annes would have been even more marginalised as their line, if that had even remained open, would have become a slow loop off the fast lines...

There wouldn't be a problem routing through the car park? Well for starters you'd have to rebuild Waterloo Road Bridge (it's too weak, that's why it was filled in), Bloomfield Road Bridge (and since the South Stand at Bloomfield Road and the Travellodge were built, you'd be tight for space)...

What the PWRS proposed is that NR built a new plaform, they would take over the Preston bound platform and Northern would use the Blackpool platform as the Preston bound platform and the new one as the Blackpool bound one. That's not going to happen and, to be realistic, neither is a "serious"...

I believe you are misunderstanding the work going on here at the Blackpool end of Poulton. As I understand it, once complete, the Fleetwood branch will be disconnected, the signal box demolished and the track slewed slightly to allow for an increased speed limits. I assume the vegetation...

Was happy, and somewhat surprised, to see during a trip yesterday that there are a whole load of what look like piles have been laid out beside the Up line between Salwick and Lea and a few more were at the Preston End of Tom Benson Way. The gate off Tulketh Brow seems to be being used as an...

Preston to Blackpool North is closed November 2017 to April 2018 for a shed lot of stuff to happen. Yes, there will be diesels running to Blackpool, but they will be of the rubber tyred variety!!!

Crossley's Bridge in Blackpool, the one next to Layton Station, is due to close on the 7th Nov for a complete rebuild.

A friend of mine who was a guard tells a tale of a couple who got on his train and had tickets that were valid but not via the route they were on. He explains this and they, he guesses, pretend to be French and not speak English very well. So he explains very slowly, still with no luck. He...

Yes, on the section south of the Cabin, where the track is completely unfenced it is 30kmph. North of the Cabin to Fishermans Walk 50kmph. Finally I think it's either 20 or 30 kmph down the shared road to the Ferry. Too many uncontrolled pedestrian crossing and stops still probably a bit too...

The Blackpool Gazette is running a story that states the electrification timetable has been delayed basically a year, quoting "before summer 2018" for completion. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/local-business/joy-as-end-date-for-upgrade-to-rail-line-is-set-1-7549835

There was nothing in the papers about it because it was a non-story! In fact it was solved by the Monday after the Gazette had the story about chaos on I think a Thursday. I used the service the day after the story was printed, the only difference being at Ronaldsway we taxied to by the fire...

No, the flights operate directly from Blackpool. Luggage is scanned as normal. There was an issue regarding the paperwork for Blackpool that meant for a whole day, the flights were diverted to Liverpool and then for a couple of weeks you not being able to use the airport building at...

His exact words with regards to Pacer replacement were And I can confirm today that we will tender for new franchises for Northern Rail and the Trans-Pennine Express – replacing the ancient and unpopular pacer carriages with new and modern trains.

Summer weekends? No difference to a winter weekend now. The planned 6 platforms will be more than capable of serving the current services and would probably be able to cater for double teh current services, if not more.

Final site clearing is currently going on at the former Pontins site. House building is expected to start in the New Year.

This delay isn't new news. It's been known about for several months now. It's mainly down to that fact they they need to close Blackpool North to rebuild it and have identified that it will be easier, and I'd guess cheaper, to do all the work including resignalling and wiring in one go. There...