Blackpool North railway station
Blackpool North station entrance | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Blackpool, Borough of Blackpool, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°49′18″N 3°02′57″W / 53.8218°N 3.0493°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD310366 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BPN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & London and North Western Railway (joint) | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 29 April 1846 | Opened as Blackpool | ||||
| 1872 | Renamed Blackpool Talbot Road | ||||
| 1898 | Rebuilt | ||||
| 17 March 1932 | Renamed Blackpool North | ||||
| 1974 | Rebuilt on site of former excursion platforms | ||||
| 16 June 2024 | Tram stop opens | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 0.535 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1.782 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.909 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.973 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 2.066 million | ||||
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Blackpool North is the main railway station serving the seaside resort of Blackpool, in Lancashire, England. It is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line and is 17+1⁄2 miles (28 km) north-west of Preston. There is an adjacent tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.
It was opened in its present form in 1974 and succeeded a previous station a few hundred yards away on Talbot Road, which had first opened in 1846 and had been rebuilt in 1898. The present station is based on the 1938 concrete canopy which covered the entrance to the former excursion platforms of the old station. The town's other station, Blackpool South, facilitates services towards Preston and Colne; it does not connect to Blackpool North.
Blackpool North has regular services to Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Bolton, Wigan North Western, Preston, Blackburn, Leeds and York. There are two inter-city trains per day to London Euston.