Old Yard Dog
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To assist passengers travelling to the British Open at Lytham St Annes, Northern Rail suspended normal services on the single track line to Blackpool South and replaced these by buses. In their place, NR ran a half-hourly shuttle from Preston to Ansdell & Fairhaven, stopping at Kirkham & Wesham only. The single platform at Ansdell is an easy pitching wedge to the course entrance by the ninth green. However at the end of the day, spectators faced a long walk of a mile and a quarter back to the station from the 18th hole.
The shuttles were formed of 4-car class 150's and ran from the moribund and rarely used former r.e.s. platform at Preston, which passengers had to access via an old subway. Your correspondent struggled to make a 5 minute connection from Ormskirk, which arrived at the far end of the station in the bay platform 3c.
The shuttles were formed of 4-car class 150's and ran from the moribund and rarely used former r.e.s. platform at Preston, which passengers had to access via an old subway. Your correspondent struggled to make a 5 minute connection from Ormskirk, which arrived at the far end of the station in the bay platform 3c.