Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station


Ansdell and Fairhaven is a railway station that serves the areas of Ansdell and Fairhaven, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. It is a stop on the southern Blackpool branch line to. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell, Ansdell's Gate and Ansdell's Halt.
The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions, it is used to convey 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. It 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 Rail.
The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in 1986; trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service operated by Northern Trains in trains per hour is:
  • 1tph to
  • 1tph to.