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13th September 1980

Vehicle: 56175   

In the days when the Coast Line from Kirkham to Blackpool South was still a double track railway, a Class 104 2-Car DMU with M56175 leading, calls at a run-down looking Lytham Station on 13th September 1980 whilst working the Kirkham to Blackpool South shuttle service. A far-cry from the days when this line was busy with express, residential and excursion traffic, how on earth in the smart and tidy town of Lytham was the station allowed to wither away like this. Worse was to follow - in 1983 the Coast Line was reduced to single track. Martyn Hilbert.

25th November 1980

A Class 108 Derby DMU arrives at a two platformed Lytham station on November 25, 1980, the line still being at this time, double tracked from St Annes to Kirkham. The line through Lytham was singled in 1986 and only the opposite platform remained in use, as it does today. The footbridge lasted a lot longer, approximately 20 years, before being demolished. Paul James.

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