1850 Guide page 6
 The railway station is a commodious and ornamental stone
structure in the Doric style, at the east end of the town, and
is entered by a handsome archway, which leads into a circular
vestibule, sixteen feet in diameter, surrounded by pilasters,
and a regular entablature, covered with a deeply panelled dome.
The Lytham branch line from the Preston and Wyre railway is 4
miles 6 furlongs in length, and joins the main line about a mile
north of Kirkham, in the township of Westby. The quantity of
excavation is 100,000 cubic yards, the highest embankment 11
feet, and the deepest cutting 27 feet. There are three timber
bridges, one of stone and another constructed of bricks. The
line was opened to Lytham 16th February, 1846, and the capital
required or its construction was £50,000. |
