Blackpool North superseded Talbot Road Station which was Blackpool’s first railway station, opening in 1846.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.
13. Blackpool North Station
Acting Station Master Peter Tattersall (extreme right) with Station Superintendent Santokh Khambay and the staff of North Station | National World
14. Blackpool North Station
An old diesel engine powers out of Blackpool North 1983 | National World
15. Blackpool North Station
The information office, 1980s | The information office, 1980s
16. Blackpool North Station
Work underway for the new car park at North Station | National World
18. Blackpool North Station
This was December 1980 when British Rail offered pensioners the chance to travel anywhere in the country for £1. No wonder they were queuing out of the door | National World