Blackpool North superseded Talbot Road Station which was Blackpool’s first railway station, opening in 1846. It was renamed North Station in 1872 and in those days its front access was from Dickson Road.
The original station was replaced in 1898 and it was eventually demolished in the 1970s to make way for the station we have today. The pictures are a real throwback to the 80s and 90s, how we remember the station through those decades. The buffet shop, ticket office, pensioners on a £1 ticket to anywhere in the country, industrial action and developments remind us of past times.
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19. Memories of Blackpool North
A brilliant, evocative photo inside the signal box at Blackpool North in 1932. Wonder who the signaller was? Photo: National World
20. Memories of Blackpool North
This is one of the oldest pictures we have in our archives of Blackpool North, which in those days was called Talbot Road Station Photo: National World
21. Memories of Blackpool North
The 'buffet' and snack shop, complete with tables and parasol back in the 80s Photo: National World
22. Memories of Blackpool North
The caption on the back of this 1982 photo talks about a frost day and empty platforms during a two day railway workers' strike Photo: National World
23. Memories of Blackpool North
Disappointed travellers as industrial action threw rail services into chaos, July 1988 Photo: National World
24. Memories of Blackpool North
The old diesel trains pulling out of the station in April 1993 Photo: National World