[6] Network Rail upgraded the lease to a clearance licence the following year, and extended its coverage to the entire line between Poulton-le-Fylde and Jameson Road in Fleetwood.

[9] Highway England granted a licence to the society in 2015 to allow access to the line between the Wyre Way footpath and the A585 Amounderness Way.

[10] On 28 February 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unannounced visit to the Thornton station, three months before the 50th anniversary of the last passengers arriving there.

[citation needed] In 2022, plans to reinstate the railway line between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood were approved by Parliament, with the Department for Transport agreeing to fund the project.

[18][19] It is possible that the station could be relocated to nearby Butts Close in Burn Naze, where there is space for a potential car park.

[20] In 2023, an 1890 Lancashire and Yorkshire Victorian railway carriage body was acquired by the society from Raikes Farmhouse in Thornton.

[21][22] Plans for a Heritage Railway Centre, with a museum, offices, workshop and a test track, are underway.