Blackpool North superseded Talbot Road Station which was Blackpool’s first railway station, opening in 1846.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.
7. Blackpool North Station
The caption on the back of this photo says 'The latest phase of Blackpool's 'jambuster' traffic scheme continues with the closure of the access to the North Railway Station from Talbot Road' | National World
9. Blackpool North Station
Disappointed travellers as industrial action threw rail services into chaos, July 1988 | National World
10. Blackpool Station North
The old diesel trains pulling out of the station in April 1993 | National World
11. Blackpool North Station
The lines wind away from the station in June 1994 | National World
