Blackpool North

CRS Code	BPN
Collected date	09/09/14

Blackpool North is the largest of Blackpool's stations and we arrived on a gloriously sunny day after walking from nearby Layton. The current station is based around the excursion platforms of the original station, with platforms running east from a concourse building.

The station building seen from the south:

The front of the station building at its south. Doors at the right-hand side lead into the concourse area:

Inside the station building. A gate line divides the concourse, with access to the platforms through doors in the right-hand wall beyond:

Looking back at the entrance doors from the gate line:

Further along the concourse, looking back at the gate line:

A large Lancashire rose in the middle of the concourse floor:

In the wall just beyond the rose in the previous shot are some cast iron plaques bearing the letters LYR and LNWR, rescued from the front of the original, larger, Blackpool North station:

The station has its own war memorial in its northwest corner:

Access to the platforms is through doors on one side of the concourse. These doors are kept locked and only opened by station staff shortly before a train is due:

Fortunately, when I asked the customer service staff nicely they let me out onto the platforms to have a poke about with my camera. Looking south under the canopies which project from the station building:

The canopy for the end of platforms 7 and 8:

Looking back at the canopy at the end of platforms 5 and 6:

From the station building the platforms extend some way out, allowing for the direct London services the station once had and may have in the future. Looking westwards along platforms 7 and 8 at the station building:

Looking east along platform 8 from the station building end:

On platform 6 looking east between two trains:

Looking east from the end of platform 6. Note how platforms 4 and 3 on the right have a longer canopy:

Further east along platform 8 looking east at the ends of the platforms and their signals:

Looking south across the platforms:

And looking southwest at the low-numbered platforms at the south end of the station:

Beyond the east end of the platforms the signalbox stands:

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