Members of the Wesham Community Pride Trust and Kirkham In Bloom are working together on the project to give the station a facelift.

Rail chiefs have already confirmed £50,000 will be spent revamping the booking office at the district station.

Group members also hope to refurbish the station entrance and carry out improvements to the steps and the platform – including painting benches and lamps.

Several meetings have taken place with the railway bosses to discuss how the two groups, with the help of Kirkham prison and Lancashire County Council, will tackle the programme of work which has been drawn up.

Kirkham councillor, Coun Liz Oades, said: "I believe we need to have a better station.

"When you come in on the train, the first view you get is not a good one. The station has been in a bad state.

"We want to improve the station for the travelling public and the people who live in Kirkham and Wesham."

Talks have taken place with rail bosses about finding alternative parking for passengers so cars are not left outside residents' homes on Station Road.

Other improvements include clearing vegetation and shrubbery and providing floral enhancements.

Volunteers are also working with Kirkham and Wesham Primary School so pupils' artwork can be displayed in the booking hall.