Can’t Believe There’s No Railway! Abandoned Fleetwood Branch Railway Line

A year after officially opening in 1841 for seven years after the line from Fleetwood though Preston off the London was the West Coast Mainline. Because with the high hills and steep valleys of the Lake District no trains could venture up that far.

The harbour area was very extent with sidings and tracks for many industries and uses especially to transport fresh fish.

Book reference: Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt: https://amzn.to/3wR3MR8

Once a very busy bustling well deserved station, however it fell victim to the beaching report commissioned by the government to help salvage an ageing, dilapidated and expensive public run railway.

Closed in 1966 Fleetwood's Wyre Dock Station about half a mile south was renamed "Fleetwood" but passenger services between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood were withdrawn after the last train on 30 May 1970 and then station was demolished.

The line stayed for the Wyre Dock as light industry remained in the area, and freight like the ICI trains ran along the line until 1999 then the whole line was shut.
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