St Annes-on-the-Sea
General information
Location	St Annes-on-the-Sea,Fylde, England
Coordinates	53°45′11″N3°01′44″W / 53.7531°N 3.0290°W /53.7531; -3.0290
Grid reference	SD322290
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	SAS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Blackpool and Lytham Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway &London and North Western Railway (joint)
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 April 1863	Opened asCross Slack[1]
November 1873	Relocated[1]
January 1875	RenamedSt Annes-on-the-Sea[1]
1925	Rebuilt
1985	Rebuilt again
Passengers
2020/21	34,144
2021/22	118,662
2022/23	133,022
2023/24	142,710
2024/25	147,988
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station serves the area of St Annes-on-the-Sea, commonly known asSt Annes, inLytham St Annes,Lancashire, England. It is a stop on theBlackpool South branch line toPreston, sited3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) south-south-east ofBlackpool South.

The first station to serve the area was opened in 1863, as Cross Slack. It was resited to the present station, which opened on 1 November 1873^[2][3] It was renamedSt Annes-on-the-Sea two years later.^[3]

Theup platform was decommissioned in 1986, which is still visible, when the line fromKirkham and Wesham was reduced to single track; the line west of here had previously been singled in May 1982 and most of the station was demolished. A new smaller building was erected to house a ticket office, staffed on a part-time basis, which was opened officially in September 1986 byBritish Rail's area passenger manager.^{[citation needed]}

The station has a ticket office, which is staffed from the morning peak until early afternoon, six days per week. At other times, tickets can be purchased from a vending machine on the platform side of the ticket office. Train running information is available via digital display screens, telephone and timetable posters. There is a waiting shelter and bench seating on the platform. Step-free access is available from the adjacent street.^[4]

The typical off-peak service operated byNorthern Trains in trains per hour is:^[5]

• 1tph toBlackpool South
• 1tph toPreston.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Squires Gate		Northern Blackpool Branch Line		Ansdell and Fairhaven
	Historical railways
South Shore until 1913		Blackpool and Lytham Railway		Ansdell and Fairhaven
Gillett's Crossing Halt 1913–1949
Squires Gate after 1949

• Public transport in the Fylde

• Bairstow, Martin (2001).Railways of Blackpool and the Fylde. Martin Bairstow Publications.ISBN 1-871944-23-6.

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