Salwick railway station is situated on the -to-
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railway line in England, west of Preston, and is managed by
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. The station lies between Preston and
Kirkham, near the village of
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The station was closed on 2 May 1938 along with
Lea Road railway station
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to the east, but was reopened on 8 April 1940 to serve the adjacent industrial complex.
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has pledged to construct a new station at nearby
Cottam which may require the closure of Salwick as referred to at page 38 of the ''Central Lancashire Highways and Transport Masterplan''.
Services
Salwick is served by only three trains towards Preston and three towards Blackpool a day, but it is not a formal
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d to stop there. In the December 2022 timetable the three westbound calls are provided by one service to in the morning and two in the evening, and westbound by two services to in the morning and one in the evening.
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
Springfields is a nuclear fuel production installation in Salwick, near Preston in Lancashire, England (). The site is currently operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of Westinghouse Electric UK Limited, on a 150-year l ...
Westinghouse nuclear fuel production complex.
Trains do not call at Salwick on Sundays.
Modernisation
The modernisation and electrification of the Preston to Blackpool North line, and hence the station, was announced in December 2009. The modernisation 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 thus including Salwick station from 11 November 2017 until 29 January 2018.
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Railway stations in the Borough of Fylde
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Preston and Wyre Joint Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1938
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1940
Northern franchise railway stations