Burn Naze Halt railway station

Burn Naze
The station viewed around 1950, looking north
General information
Location	Burn Naze, Wyre England
Coordinates	53.8867°N 3.0040°W / 53.8867; -3.0040
Grid reference	SD341438
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 February 1909[1]	Station opened
1 June 1970 (1970-06-01)	Station closed
Location Burn Naze Location in Wyre Borough, Lancashire Show map of the Borough of Wyre Burn Naze Location in Lancashire, England Show map of Lancashire

Burn Naze Halt railway station served Burn Naze in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, between 1909 and 1970. The platforms were heavily overgrown with vegetation until 2014, when the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society began restoration work.

The line used to be double track,[2] but has been reduced to single track since passenger services ceased in 1970.

It was a popular alighting station for workers of ICI Hillhouse and its predecessor, United Alkali Company.

Preservation

Burn Naze Station in autumn 2013, just over six months after the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society took over restoration of the station

In spring 2013, the Poulton & Wyre Railway Society were granted an extension to their licence from Network Rail to work on the trackbed, covering the whole branch from Poulton. They then began work on clearing the platforms at Burn Naze Station. As of January 2024, the station has been cleared extensively and the society are continuing their clearance work ready for the line to reopen.[3]

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 108
2. "Railway Station Burn Naze Thornton-Cleveleys". Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
3. "Poulton and Wyre Railway Society PWRS - Visit Poulton-le-Fylde". Visit Poulton. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

Maps showing Burn Naze Halt

Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945)

NPE Maps (1947)

Vision of Britain

Other maps

53.8867°N 3.0040°W / 53.8867; -3.0040

• Poulton and Wyre Railway Society, working towards restoring passenger services to Fleetwood.
• Google Street View of Burn Naze Station

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wyre Dock		Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Fleetwood Branch Line		Thornton for Cleveleys