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The Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (PWJR) - in full, the ''Preston & Wyre Railway and Dock Company'' - was the result of a merger in 1839 between:
The Dock Company was vested jointly between the London And North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway on 28 July 1849 to become the PWJR. The Railway was originally built to connect Preston on the LNWR West Coast Main Line with the port of Fleetwood at the mouth of the River Wyre . In 1861 the ''Blackpool and Lytham Railway'' (B&LR) was opened; this was included in the Joint Railway, amalgamated in 1871. A branch from Poulton-le-Fylde to a station at Talbot Road, Blackpool, completed the 45 miles (72km) of track. The following stations exist or have existed on the line:
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