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River Douglas
(1878 - 1889)
River Douglas Station opened on August 1 1878, a few months after the first section of the WLR line had opened from Hesketh Park to Hesketh Bank
The station was provided with two platforms as the line was double-track and it was intended that the line was to be continued onward to Preston, River Douglas was arranged as a through station. It had a building on the south side of the line. Steps led down from the eastern end of each platform towards the west bank of the river where there was a landing stage: the sole purpose of the station was to serve this facility
North of the station, behind the ‘down’ (Preston-bound) platform was a siding, later there would be four sidings
Passenger services connected with steamboat sailings to Naze Point and Lytham St Annes using a paddle steamer which was purchased by WLR
There is no evidence of sailings after the 1879 season, so it is unlikely that any passenger train services ran to River Douglas after then
River Douglas station closed on April 25 1889 although it still appeared in the timetable for the following year. The closure of River Douglas was of little inconvenience to passengers as Hesketh Bank station was very close and more conveniently situated
All traces of the station that had seen little use were subsequently obliterated
The station was provided with two platforms as the line was double-track and it was intended that the line was to be continued onward to Preston, River Douglas was arranged as a through station. It had a building on the south side of the line. Steps led down from the eastern end of each platform towards the west bank of the river where there was a landing stage: the sole purpose of the station was to serve this facility
North of the station, behind the ‘down’ (Preston-bound) platform was a siding, later there would be four sidings
Passenger services connected with steamboat sailings to Naze Point and Lytham St Annes using a paddle steamer which was purchased by WLR
There is no evidence of sailings after the 1879 season, so it is unlikely that any passenger train services ran to River Douglas after then
River Douglas station closed on April 25 1889 although it still appeared in the timetable for the following year. The closure of River Douglas was of little inconvenience to passengers as Hesketh Bank station was very close and more conveniently situated
All traces of the station that had seen little use were subsequently obliterated
