Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station serves the Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park. It is the penultimate station before Blackpool South on the Blackpool South to Colne line. There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach. Pleasure Beach Station is located about 300 metres (980 ft) from Burlington Road West tram stop on the Blackpool Tramway.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach
General information
Location	Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool England
Coordinates	53.7879°N 3.0540°W / 53.7879; -3.0540
Grid reference	SD306329
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BPB
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
1 October 1913	Burlington Road Halt opened
11 September 1939[1]	Burlington Road Halt closed
April 1987	Pleasure Beach station opened
Passengers
2016/17	105,466
2017/18	106,844
2018/19	115,456
2019/20	126,928
2020/21	47,680
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station opened on 13 April 1987[2] at a cost of £58,000. This cost was met by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company (£31,000), British Rail (£15,000), Lancashire County Council (£10,000) and Blackpool Borough Council (£2,000).^{[citation needed]}

The station has only one platform and is unstaffed.

The station is on the same site as Burlington Road Halt which was open for a railmotor service between 1913 and 1939.[3]

Facilities

Though unstaffed, it has been provided with a ticket machine in the main platform waiting shelter and digital information screen to supply train running information (this can also been obtained from timetable posters, a pay phone and a digital P.A system). Step-free access is available from the adjacent street.[4]

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:[5]

• 1tph (train per hour) to Blackpool South
• 1tph to Preston

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station.

• Train times and station information for Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station from National Rail
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association—Pleasure Beach, accessed 17 October 2007

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blackpool South		Northern Blackpool Branch Line		Squires Gate
	Disused railways
South Shore		Blackpool and Lytham Railway		Squires Gate