<b>Kirkham railway station (site), Lancashire, 2010</b><br>Opened in 1840 by the Preston &amp; Wyre Joint Railway on its line from Preston to Fleetwood, this station was closed in 1890 when it was replaced by Kirkham &amp; Wesham station, immediately behind the photographer.
View west towards Blackpool, a few years before the line was electrified and the number of tracks reduced from 4 to 3.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/84225">Nigel Thompson</a>
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