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Location notes
The nearest national rail station for the biggest fairground in Blackpool, this station is located on the branch from Kirkham to Blackpool south. Until 1964, the line carried on to Blackpool Central. This station is situated behind the pleasure beach. The present station was built in 1989, as part of a rebuilding, and is unmanned. However, the canopy at the station entrance, looks to date from the 1920's.
Railway type and traffic
The line is single track to its terminus at Blackpool south, and the only trains are class 142 DMUs of Northern.
Environment
The station is located to the back of the Pleasure beach, and also serves a housing estate. The area is reasonably safe, but do be cautious at all times. There is no CCTV at the station.
Road directions
Blackpool pleasure beach is well signposted. From New Promenade, turn into Burlington road west, and the station is located on Bond street.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR map co-ordinates
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR map co-ordinates
Parking
Double yellow lines are in force around the nearby streets. There is a car park at the station, but this belongs to the pleasure beach, and was always closed when I visited. According to a Blackpool street atlas that I obtained, the next nearest car park is on Bond Street, but this is chargeable. This also about 5-10 minutes walk away.
Public transport
Northern provides a roughly hourly service, Mondays - Saturdays, and a Sunday service during high season and the illuminations. Out with these times, there is no Sunday service. No bus service calls in at the station. The nearest tram stop is Burlington Road. From the stop, you will be able to see the Blue Reef hotel. It is a blue building! Walk up to it, and the station is within your sight from there.
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Amenities
Free admission is available to the Pleasure beach itself, and there is a Burger King next to the hotel. Central Blackpool is a short tram ride away.
Accommodation
Try Visit Blackpool.com for details.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR general view map
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, NR
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Photographic notes
The line is single track, and is near the end of the line, hence the fixed distant signal. Not all trains stop here, but those which are non stoppers will be going slowly, due to the short inter-station distance.
The rides in the pleasure beach will be heard on videos.
The rides in the pleasure beach will be heard on videos.
General views - All photographs © Robert Clarke unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking south
Fig 3 - The station enterance
Fig 4 - Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Blackpools 'Big One'
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
