Morecambe Promenade railway station
| Morecambe Promenade | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Morecambe |
| Area | Lancaster, Lancashire |
| Coordinates | 54°04′16″N 2°52′29″W / 54.0712°N 2.8747°WCoordinates: 54°04′16″N 2°52′29″W / 54.0712°N 2.8747°W |
| Grid reference | SD428642 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
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LMSR London Midland Region (British Railways) |
| Platforms | 4 |
| History | |
| 24 March 1907 | Opened (Morecambe) |
| 2 June 1924 | Renamed (Morecambe Promenade) |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed (Morecambe) |
| 7 February 1994 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Morecambe Promenade Station was a railway station in Morecambe, Lancashire. It was opened on 24 March 1907 by the Midland Railway and closed in February 1994. After twelve weeks break in passenger service for the revision of track work and signalling a new Morecambe Station was opened on a site closer to the town centre.
It was named Morecambe Station both before and after being named Morecambe Promenade.
Built by the Midland Railway Company as the terminus of the former "little" North Western Railway, Morecambe Promenade Station first opened to passengers in 1907. It served as a replacement for the inadequate Northumberland Street Station (which was ironically situated on the site of the new two-platform Morecambe station).
The Promenade station was built to cater for a large influx of passengers. To this effect, the station comprised four main platforms and a goods siding. When the station opened, there was some controversy over the segregation of passengers into 1st and 2nd class waiting rooms. Many passengers disapproved of this and chose to wait instead in the station concourse. The Midland Railway sought to exploit the potential of moving holidaymakers between Morecambe, Heysham and Lancaster and to provide a speedy and efficient service for workers at the then state-of-the-art 1905 port. The station was therefore constructed opposite the old Midland Hotel, enabling tourists arriving overnight by rail to stay in the hotel before taking the boat to the Isle of Man and Barrow from the Stone Jetty. Passengers using the facilities came from Leeds and Bradford as well as the West Coast of Scotland.
The Midland Railway electrified the recently opened branch line from Heysham Harbour to Morecambe Promenade on 13 April 1908 and the main line to Lancaster soon afterwards. The electrical power for the overhead lines was supplied from the company's power station at Heysham Harbour. Three new 3-car electric multiple units were purpose-built by the Midland at Derby to operate the service, which ran every 30 minutes throughout the day between the main LNWR station at Lancaster Castle and Heysham with reversals en-route here and at Lancaster Green Ayre. The new trains proved to be popular with the public and also very reliable (with an availability rate of over 99% in the first 15 months of operation). These were maintained at the station.
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