Place Salwick Station code SLW DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SD461320 Managed by Northern 2011/12 2,064 | |
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Address Preston PR4 0YH, United Kingdom Original company Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Similar Pleasington railway station, Moss Side railway station, Huncoat railway station, Hapton railway station, Lostock Hall railway st | ||
Salwick railway station is situated on the Preston-to-Blackpool railway line in England, 5 1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) west of Preston, and is managed by Northern. The station lies between Preston and Kirkham, near the village of Clifton.
The station was closed on 2 May 1938 along with Lea Road railway station to the east, but was reopened on 8 April 1940 to serve the adjacent industrial complex.
Lancashire County Council 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/Colne and three towards Blackpool a day, but it is not a formal request stop; trains are timetabled to stop there. It is used by very few passengers (as low as 1,858 in 2004–05), but provides a commuter service for the workers at the nearby Springfields Westinghouse nuclear fuel production complex. Trains do not call at Salwick on Sundays.