Salwick railway station

Salwick railway station serves the village of Salwick, in Lancashire, England; it lies near to the village of Clifton. It is a stop on the Blackpool South branch line, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) west of Preston. The station, and all services stopping here, are operated by Northern Trains.

1. History

The station was opened as Salwick Road in 1842 and renamed Salwick shortly afterwards. It was closed on 2 May 1938, along with Lea Road to the east, but was reopened on 8 April 1940 to serve the adjacent industrial complex. Lancashire County Council has pledged to construct a new station at nearby Cottam, which may require the closure of Salwick station.

1. = Modernisation =

The modernisation and electrification of the Preston to Blackpool North line, and hence the station, was announced in December 2009. This included rebuilding and raising the road bridge in the station vicinity for necessary electrification clearance and completely new signalling of the entire line, along with rationalisation of the lines and removal of the spur into the nuclear facility nearby. The removal of the signal box, along with four others along the line, was included as part of the works. This resulted in a total blockade of the line as far as Kirkham and Wesham, and thus including Salwick station, from 11 November 2017 until 29 January 2018.

1. Service

The typical off-peak service operated by Northern Trains in trains per day is:

3tpd to Blackpool South 3tpd to Preston. Trains do not call at Salwick on Sundays. It is used by very few passengers, as low as 1,404 in 2018-19, but provides a commuter service for the workers at the nearby Springfields Westinghouse nuclear fuel production complex.

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1. References


1. = Citations =


1. = Sources =

Taylor, Stuart (1997). Journeys by Excursion Train: Preston to Blackpool (Central). Scenes from the Past. Foxline Publishing. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-870119-51-7.

1. External links

Train times and station information for Salwick railway station from National Rail

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Salwick

Salwick is a village between Kirkham and Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is largely rural and is an extension of the smaller Clifton to the south. It is in the borough of Fylde, and in the Parliamentary Constituency of Fylde, and forms part of the civil parish of Newton-with-Clifton. It is at grid reference SD466320, and is served by Salwick railway station. The area of "Clifton With Salwick" was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of Chester. The toponymy of Salwick is unclear. The "wick" may come from Old English wic, meaning an earlier Romano-British settlement specialised in farming; but the "Sal(w)" element is unclear. Salwick is the home of the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing plant operated by Westinghouse Electric Company, which dominates the village. In November 2021 a poultry farm near Salwick was the location for an outbreak of Bird Flu (Avian influenza H5N1). Temporary control zones spanning 3 km (1.9 mi) and 10 km (6.2 mi) around the property were set up, spanning from Blackpool to Fulwood. The Hand and Dagger is a popular country pub, dating from about 1800, next to bridge 26 on the Lancaster Canal. The unusual name derives from the devices shown on the crest of the local Clifton family.

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St John the Evangelist's Church, Clifton

St John the Evangelist's Church, also known as Lund Parish Church, is located on an isolated site near the village of Clifton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kirkham, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

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Springfields

Springfields is a nuclear fuel production installation in Salwick, near Preston in Lancashire, England (grid reference SD468315). The site is currently operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of Westinghouse Electric UK Limited, on a 150-year lease from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Since its conversion from a munitions factory in 1946, it has previously been operated and managed by a number of different organisations including the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and British Nuclear Fuels. Fuel products are produced for the UK's nuclear power stations and for international customers.

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Clifton, Lancashire

Clifton is a village in the English county of Lancashire and in the district of Fylde. The village is part of the civil parish of Newton-with-Clifton. It is situated on the A583 road, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of its post town, Preston, and 11 miles (18 km) east of Blackpool. The village is also home to the church of St John the Evangelist, also known as Lund parish church, which is situated on Church Lane, and the Grade II listed Clifton Hall.

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