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FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
100 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 1922
August traffic at Blackpool
IT is doubtful whether any two stations serving one pleasure resort, either in this country or abroad, are used during the holiday season by numbers of passengers approaching those recorded at the Central and Talbot Road stations, Blackpool.
Statistics kindly furnished by Ashton Davies, General Superintendent, Northern Division, London & North Western Railway, include all stations in the Blackpool area, but at least 90% will relate to the stations mentioned. For instance, on September 2, 71929 tickets were collected in the Blackpool area, and at the same time, the large return traffic of Oldham Wakes would represent 50,000 passengers dealt with.