Railways of Blackpool & Fleetwood Explained 

Thanks for that. Will keep an eye out next time I'm there

@@DavidFrankal theres a length of wall in engineering brick at 4:48 on the film, just to the right of the grass and to the left of the advertising hoardings.

The old station toilets of Blackpool Central were demolished in 2009

How long did it carry on for?

@@DavidFrankal I was there 1978-88 when I had to retire because of back injury. but it was still going OK then. I hear the OS maps for early 1990s showed ICI closed then.

Didn't know that!

Forgot to add, Poulton Station platform was once the longest in the world for a time!

Cool! Just out of curiousity, how did you come across this video? I'm curious as to why it's been getting so many views lately. Cheers!

@@DavidFrankal I watch several rail related channels and yours came up as a suggestion.

Thanks for that 👍

Oh right, that's my mistake then.

A common theme back then, sadly. Such backwards thinking. Just out of curiousity, how did you come across this video? Just wondering where this recent spike of views has come from. Thanks!

i realize I'm pretty off topic but do anyone know of a good site to watch new movies online?

@Jonathan Harlan ehh lately I've been using flixportal. You can find it thru google:P -makai

@Makai Gianni thanks, I signed up and it seems to work :) I appreciate it!!

Pacers will be long gone by then! Just out of interest, how did you come across this video? I'm curious as to why it's been getting so many views lately. Cheers!

It's massively unlikely the line will be re-opened for heavy rail. PWRS seem intent on spending all their money on restoring a class 108 DMU, despite not having permission to put it on the line... and seemingly, doing nothing to rectify that. The junction is now lifted, so a connection to Poulton woudl be problematic at best. Also, there's no way Network rail will re-open the three level crossings for heavy rail. PWRS have been promising a train on the line "any time soon" since 2014. They never make any real attempt to get any permission to do so though. They're putting the cart before the horse by blowing all their cash on a Fowler shunting locomotive that sits rotting away at their Hill House site, and that is now joined by half of their DMU.. which will also never turn another wheel in its life. If that line is ever re-opened, it will be as light rail, and an extension to the tram network. The other issue is there is nowhere for a heavy rail station in Fleetwood. The trackbed north of Fleetwood Road is now covered by the A585, and the only plausible place for any kind of station is to run a line adjacent to the A585 and have it near the Three Lights Pub... which is not really any where near enough to Fleetwood for it to make any sense. I worked with the PWRS for years... they're more interested in flighting amongst themselves than making a real effort to do anything unfortunately, which is a shame, because there are some dedicated, skilled people there being let down by a bunch of idiots. The idiots are not the ones actually doing the hard graft by the way, who continue to have my respect and support.

​@@pook2830What an absolute load of cobblers from start to finish. The line is destined now to be reopened as part of the network and if you took the time to actually look at what the PWRS has done, it was as originally intended, as in to save the line from becoming a cycle path, which they have done and from which status, if they hadn't, it would NEVER have been able to be reopened. The DMU was purchased from funds given SPECIFICALLY for such a purchase and therefore did not detract from other projects on the line. It is now almost completely restored and will either run on the line, as and when permission is granted to do so, or loaned to another line and therefore create a rental revenue. The junction is now able to be very easily restored to make the network connection, as it was at the PWRS's request, allowed to have "passive provision" in Network Rail's plans when the electrification was done. Network Rail do NOT have any issues with the level crossings, as they have either never been classed as "closed", just "mothballed", or will have their road crossings closed. Plus one of the options now is "Tram-Train", whereby the need for crossings is easier and much reduced, as well as potentially allowing trains to connect to the tramway near the old alignment and effectively, stop at Fleetwood Ferry, alleviating the need for a station at Three Lights. They continued to seek permissions until recently, but as it is now to be part of the network, seeking permission was, for now at least, deemed unnecessary. They "blew" absolutely NO cash on the Fowler shunter at all, as it was donated by Lancashire Enterprises Ltd and is now fully restored on a shoestring budget and far from "rotting" is fully operational. The DMU starts and runs quite regularly now and just for the record, the one option that is almost certainly NOT going to be an option is a tram on the branch, as the whole point is connectivity, which a tram totally defeats. I hope that clears up all your biased, incorrect, purely asserted and unfounded drivel. So to recap, wrong, wrong, nope, nah ah, wrong, wrong, wrong and..er...nah! Apart from that, a perfect score. Lol But thanks for your er... support!! Lol.

RU-vid algorithm does its wonders (it was in my recommended list).

Cheers 👍

Found this really interesting (have now subscribed) Growing up I have been to Blackpool about 700 thousand times as it was just were we went for family holidays and we’ve parked in that car park at least once each trip when we go to coral island. Always wondered why the car park seemed random and on different levels and now I know :) will have a look round when next there. As for how I found vid. It was from another video about the old fleetwood line. I dno how that video was suggested

It's now a road. Try google street view!

I know that i live by it i mean in the 1960s or 1950s or earlier

@@johnharrison1335 Oh right. No, I've not seen any either

Its a shame as its the biggest part of blackpools history brought loads of holidaymakers from allover rhe country

It's on fylde railways 1

Didn't know that. I assume the passenger service was withdrawn due to that report, right?

@@DavidFrankal I think most assume it was, but the report actually recommended the line stay open to support the fishing industry, but the subsequent decline of that industry is what made the line unprofitable. It woudl have closed long before 1970 if it was a result of the Beeching report.

Yes. What's left of the old track bed is now single line. The line is still in situ through the Jameson Road bridge (although the bridge tunnel has been filled in with earth) for about 100 metres then is buried under Amounderness Road.

Google maps you can see what's left of the line from Poulton, nearly all single track and over grown, worth a look

I don't. I live right next to it :)

David Gregory Aha it’s only really Locals that know about it! I watched the “All The Stations” series on RU-vid, expecting them to make some kind of joke about how small the stop was (or talk about the history of the disused building) but they didn’t even mention it! 😂

@@javonaziz5323 It ain't that small. Check out Berney Arms station on the WHerry lines near Norfolk. :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherry_Lines#/media/File:Berney_Arms_railway_station_1.jpg

@@pook2830 Wow! That makes Layton look like Manchester Piccadilly! 😂

@@javonaziz5323 LOL :)

Nope... it's wesh-am. Literally everyone who lives there, or nearby says Wesh-am. I've lived on the Fylde coast all my life, and I've never heard a single person say "wees-um"... ever.

Thanks for that, my apologies

Along with Kirkum and wes um. the H is silent