page_title: Blackpool Central railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Blackpool Central railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Blackpool Central Station - and Tower. View northward, towards buffer-stops; terminus of Preston &amp; Wyre (LNW &amp; L&amp;Y Joint) main lines from Preston via Kirkham &amp; Wesham (direct via Marton or via Lytham). This major station was closed 2/11/64 and the line cut back to Blackpool South, later the direct line to Blackpool South from Kirkham being closed on 13/2/67. Blackpool North was made the main terminus. (The Stanier 3P 2-6-2T is on Station Pilot work).
context_page_description: Blackpool Central was the largest railway station in the town of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It contained 14 platforms; at its closure in 1964, it became the station with the highest number of platforms ever to close. Principal railway services to Blackpool now terminate at Blackpool North.
context_section_description: Blackpool Central was the largest railway station in the town of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It contained 14 platforms; at its closure in 1964, it became the station with the highest number of platforms ever to close. Principal railway services to Blackpool now terminate at Blackpool North.
caption: Blackpool Central railway station and Blackpool Tower in 1959
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