Wyre Dock railway station served Fleetwood in Lancashire, England, from 1885 to 1970.

Wyre Dock
General information
LocationWyre Dock, Fleetwood, Wyre
England
Coordinates53°55′09″N 3°00′51″W / 53.9192°N 3.0142°W / 53.9192; -3.0142
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLYR / LNWR
Key dates
1885Opened as "Wyre Dock"
18 April 1966Renamed "Fleetwood"
1 June 1970Closed
Location
Wyre Dock is located in Fleetwood
Wyre Dock
Wyre Dock
Location in Fleetwood
Wyre Dock is located in the Borough of Wyre
Wyre Dock
Wyre Dock
Wyre Dock is located in Lancashire
Wyre Dock
Wyre Dock
Location in Lancashire, England
The goods branch into the docks was shunted by small locomotives, latterly by the LMS Fowler Dock Tanks. 47165 is in steam at Fleetwood in 1958

Wyre Dock passenger station was constructed in 1885,[1] on the Fleetwood Branch Line from Poulton-le-Fylde, about half a mile from the Fleetwood main terminus. The station stood at the southern end of Dock Street, about a quarter mile from Wyre Dock itself. There had been a branch line for freight only to Wyre Dock since its construction in 1877, to support the distribution of fish. Fleetwood locomotive depot was located on the east side of the line south of the station. It was closed by British Railways in 1965.

Fleetwood's main terminus was closed on 18 April 1966, as a result of the Beeching Cuts, and Wyre Dock was renamed "Fleetwood" station, as the terminus of the Fleetwood Branch Line.[2] However, all passenger services between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood were withdrawn after the last train on 30 May 1970,[3] and the station was demolished. Light industry developed in the area, and, in the 1990s, the new A585 Amounderness Way bypass was built on the former railway route.

Notes

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  1. ^ Suggitt, p.37
  2. ^ Welch, p.28
  3. ^ Suggitt, p.41

References

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  • Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1-85306-801-2
  • Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1-870754-61-1
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Maps showing
Wyre Dock Station
NPE Maps (1947)
Vision of Britain  
OS 1:2500 Map on MARIO (1892)
Other maps

53°55′09″N 3°00′51″W / 53.9192°N 3.0142°W / 53.9192; -3.0142


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Fleetwood
until 1966
  LNWR / LYR
Fleetwood Branch Line
  Burn Naze Halt
Terminus
after 1966
  London Midland Region
Fleetwood Branch Line