Ansdell and Fairhaven railway station
Railway station in Lancashire, England
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Ansdell and Fairhaven is a railway station that serves the areas of Ansdell and Fairhaven, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. It is a stop on the southern Blackpool branch line to Preston. In the past, it has also been known as Ansdell, Ansdell's Gate[2] and Ansdell's Halt.[3]
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The station in August 2025 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Lytham St Annes, Fylde, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53.7416°N 2.9934°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD345277 | ||||
| Manager | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | AFV | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & London and North Western Railway (joint) | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1872 | Station opened as Ansdell[1] | ||||
| 10 October 1903 | Station moved 300m due west[1] | ||||
| 25 January 1906 | Station renamed Ansdell and Fairhaven[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  9,476 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  35,218 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 40,982 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 45,500 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 48,776 | ||||
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The Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, host to the Open Championship, is adjacent to the station. During national and international competitions, it is used to convey spectators to the course.
History
Opened by the Blackpool and Lytham Railway, then absorbed by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway, the station joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
The station was set out as an island platform with tracks on both faces until the singling of the line in 1986; trains now only use the southern face. A disabled access ramp now covers the northern part of the station.
Services
The typical off-peak service operated by Northern Trains in trains per hour is:[4]
- 1tph to Blackpool South
- 1tph to Preston.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| St Annes- -on-the-Sea |
Blackpool and Lytham Railway | Lytham | ||
