Blackpool North railway station

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Blackpool North
Blackpool North railway station entrance
General information
Location	Blackpool England
Coordinates	53°49′18″N 3°02′57″W / 53.8218°N 3.0493°W / 53.8218; -3.0493
Grid reference	SD310366
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	BPN
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	LYR and LNWR joint
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
29 April 1846	Opened as Blackpool[1]
1872	Renamed Blackpool Talbot Road[1]
1898	Rebuilt[2]
17 March 1932	Renamed Blackpool North[1]
1974	Rebuilt on site of former excursion platforms
16 June 2024	Tram stop opens
Passengers
2019/20	1.792 million
2020/21	0.535 million
2021/22	1.782 million
2022/23	1.909 million
2023/24	1.973 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Blackpool North station is the main railway 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. It also has an adjacent tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.

The station was opened in its present form in 1974, and succeeded a previous station a few hundred yards (metres) 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'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.

Blackpool North has regular services to Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Wigan, Preston, Blackburn, Leeds and York. There are three intercity trains a day to London Euston via Birmingham New Street.