Notes: Morecambe Poulton Lane was located on the London North Western Railway (LNWR) Morecambe branch which opened on 8 August 1864. The Morecambe branch connected with the Lancaster and Carlisle main line at Hest Bank. The main line formed part of the Anglo-Scottish route between London and Glasgow (and later became known as the West Coast main line).

When the branch opened the LNWR used the Midland Railway’s (MR) Morecambe terminus, the MR line having opened in 1848. By the late 1860s Morecambe had developed as a seaside resort and was being visited by many thousands of people. The MR station became congested and the LNWR was asked to make its own arrangements for a station.

The LNWR opened a station at Poulton Lane bridge on 1 November 1870. Although described as ‘Poulton Lane Bridge’ on nineteenth century maps it actually carried Lancaster Road over the line.

There are no known photographs or maps showing Poulton Lane station, but it is likely to have been on the east side of the bridge and it probably had two platforms, the line being double-track.

Morecambe Poulton Lane would have been served by local services to and from Hest Bank on the main line and by longer distance trains from various locations on the LNWR network.

On 9 May 1886 the LNWR opened a new station a short distance to the west on Euston Road. Poulton Lane was closed and demolished shortly after. The line was still open in January 2014.

Ticket from Michael Stewart, Airey's map from Alan Young, and route map by Alan Young

See also: Morecambe Euston Road