Date: 24/04/2013

The group behind plans to revive Fleetwood’s railway says the link could provide a freight service which would take pressure off one of Wyre’s most congested roads. Poulton and Wyre Railway Society has produced a business plan outlining proposals for weekday diesel passenger service linking Fleetwood with Poulton, and eventually a weekend steam heritage service. But the opening of the railway line between Fleetwood and Poulton could also open up possibilities of companies located along that route using carriages to carry industrial loads.

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Freight train plan for Fleetwood

Fleetwood Weekly News

The group behind plans to revive Fleetwood’s railway says the link could provide a freight service which would take pressure off one of Wyre’s most congested roads.

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BR Standard class 2 2-6-2T no 84018 in the sidings at Wyre Dock junction, Fleetwood, on 29 June 1963. The photograph is taken from alongside the signal box with the now-demolished Fleetwood power station in the right background. Fleetwood shed (24F) from which the locomotive was withdrawn in April 1965, stands directly behind the camera. Official closure took place in February 1966.
Location: Wyre Dock Junction
Company: Fleetwood Deviation (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and London and North Western Railway)
29/06/1963 K A Gray

View north towards Fleetwood from the end of the double track section 600 yards north of Poulton-le-Fylde Junction [See image 19029]. The line is classed as 'not in regular use' - an understatement in view of the pallisade fence that crosses the trackbed below the bridge from which the photograph was taken. That said, signals and trackside cabinets are still in place, but vegetation is now taking hold.
Location: Poulton-le-Fylde
Company: Preston and Wyre Railway, Dock and Harbour
28/09/2009 John McIntyre

West Coast diesels 37685 and 47760 swing left towards Layton and Blackpool at Poulton where the disused tracks of the Burn Naze and Fleetwood line can be seen on the right. The light engines were heading for Blackpool North behind a steam hauled (5690 Leander) special from Bridgnorth that was to be diesel hauled back to Kidderminster.
Location: Poulton-le-Fylde
Company: Preston and Wyre Railway, Dock and Harbour
02/10/2010 Mark Bartlett