Blackpool Branch Lines

Blackpool Branch Line

Principal stations

The Blackpool Branch Line consists of the train line from Preston to Blackpool that splits at Kirkham and Wesham going towards Blackpool's main station North and Blackpool second station Blackpool South. Services from Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool terminate at Blackpool North and go via Poulton le Fylde.

The line from Preston to Blackpool South, the town second rail terminus, passes through the conglomerated town of Lytham St Annes, near to Blackpool International Airport and stopping at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Trains usually begin in Colne on the East Lancashire Line before continung via Burnley, Accrington and Blackburn to Preston. The distance between Colne and Blackpool South is 80 km (50 miles).

edit Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route · East Coast Main Line · Midland Main Line · West Coast Main Line Chester-Manchester Line · Hope Valley Line · Liverpool-Manchester Lines · Manchester-Preston Line · Settle-Carlisle Railway
Commuter lines:	Airedale Line · Blackburn-Bolton Line · Caldervale Line · Mid-Cheshire Line · Dearne Valley Line East Lancashire Line · Glossop Line · Hallam Line · Harrogate Line · Huddersfield Line Kirkby Branch Line Lancaster-Heysham Line · Leeds-Bradford Lines · Liverpool-Wigan Line · Manchester Airport Line Manchester-Southport Line · Northern Line · Oldham Loop Line · Northallerton-Eaglescliffe Line Ormskirk Branch Line · Pontefract Line · Sheffield-Hull Line · Sheffield-Lincoln Line · Stockport-Stalybridge Line Wakefield Line · Wharfedale Line · Wirral Line · York & Selby Lines · York-Scarborough Line
Rural lines:	Barton Line · Borderlands Line · Buxton Line · Cumbrian Coast Line · Doncaster-Lincoln Line Durham Coast Line · Esk Valley Line · Tees Valley Line · Furness Line · Hull-York Line · Oxenholme-Windermere Line · Penistone Line · Ribble Valley Line · Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Yorkshire Coast Line