Blackpool North railway station
Blackpool North 
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Blackpool North railway station entrance
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| Location | |
| Place | Blackpool |
| Local authority | Blackpool |
| Coordinates | 53°49′18″N 3°02′57″W / 53.8218°N 3.0493°WCoordinates: 53°49′18″N 3°02′57″W / 53.8218°N 3.0493°W |
| Grid reference | SD310366 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BPN |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 8 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.725 million |
| – Interchange |
5,979 |
| 2012/13 |
 1.683 million |
| – Interchange |
4,578 |
| 2013/14 |
1.653 million |
| – Interchange |
5,657 |
| 2014/15 |
1.758 million |
| – Interchange |
2,771 |
| 2015/16 |
1.764 million |
| – Interchange |
3,982 |
| History | |
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | LYR and LNWR joint |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 29 April 1846 | Opened as Blackpool |
| 1872 | Renamed Blackpool Talbot Road |
| 1898 | Rebuilt |
| 17 March 1932 | Renamed Blackpool North |
| 1974 | Rebuilt on site of former excursion platforms |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blackpool North from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Blackpool North railway station is the main station serving the seaside resort of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. It is the terminus of the main Blackpool branch line and is 17 1⁄2 miles (28 km) northwest of Preston.
The station was opened in its present form in 1974, and succeeded a previous station a few hundred yards away on Talbot Road which had first opened in 1846 and had been rebuilt in 1898. The present station is based on the 1938 concrete canopy which covered the entrance to the former excursion platforms of the old station.
Blackpool North was on the InterCity network until 2003 when Virgin West Coast and Virgin CrossCountry withdrew High Speed Train and Voyager services to London Euston and Birmingham. Former local franchise holder First North Western ran services from Blackpool to London Euston, but these were soon discontinued. However in the December 2014 timetable change Virgin reintroduced direct services to/from London Euston albeit only on weekdays and only one each way a day.
Blackpool's other station, Blackpool South, is situated in the south of the town, with services towards Preston and Colne, and does not connect to Blackpool North.
The first station opened on 29 April 1846 as Blackpool, renamed Blackpool Talbot Road in 1872, and was first rebuilt in 1898. The rebuilt station consisted of two parallel train sheds and a terminal building, in Dickson Road between Talbot Road and Queen Street. Platforms 1 to 6 were located in the sheds, with a larger island between platforms 1 and 2 to accommodate taxis. In addition, there was effectively, in all but name, a separate station at the east end of Queen Street, with open "excursion" platforms 7 to 16, used only in summer.
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