Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Ansdell and Fairhaven

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manager = Northern Rail
locale = Lytham St Annes
borough = Fylde
platforms = 1
lowusage0405 = 26,801
lowusage0506 = 30,608
lowusage0607 = 34,237
latitude = 53.7416
longitude = -2.9934
gridref =
years = 1872
events = Station opened
years1 = 10 October 1903
events1 = Station moved 100m due north
years2 = 25 January 1906
events2 = Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven
code = AFV

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, [cite web| url=http://Lytham-online.co.uk/Main%20Menu/Railways/Ansdell.Station.htm| work=Lytham Online| title=Ansdell Station| accessdate=2007-10-18| ] and Ansdell’s Halt. [cite web| url=http://Lytham-online.co.uk/Richard.Ansdell.htm| work=Lytham Online| title=Richard Ansdell| accessdate=2007-10-18| ]

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

References

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External links

* [http://www.bafrua.connectfree.co.uk/ansdell.htm Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Ansdell / Fairhaven] , accessed 17 October 2007

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Blackpool Branch Line
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