Preston railway station
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The north end of platforms 7 to 4 (left-to-right). The ticket office is centre top.
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| Place | Preston |
| Local authority | City of Preston |
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| Grid reference | SD534290 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PRE |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains |
| Number of platforms | 9 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 3.085 million |
| 2005/06 |  3.246 million |
| 2006/07 | 3.418 million |
| 2007/08 | 3.647 million |
| 2008/09 | 3.726 million |
| 2009/10 | 3.880 million |
| 2010/11 | 4.169 million |
| 2011/12 | 4.385 million |
| 2012/13 | 4.436 million |
| 2013/14 | 4.509 million |
| 2014/15 | 4.557 million |
| History | |
| 31 October 1838 | Opened |
| 2 September 1850 | East Lancashire platforms added |
| July 1880 | Rebuilt |
| 1903 | New platforms added to west side |
| 1913 | New platforms added to east side |
| 1972 | East Lancashire platforms closed |
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Preston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, and is the notional half-way point on the WCML between London Euston and Glasgow Central 194 miles from Glasgow Central and 206 from London Euston although (the actual half-way point is at Leyland, approximately 6 miles south). It is served by Northern, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus Caledonian Sleeper overnight services between London and Scotland.
A station was first opened on this site by the North Union Railway in 1838. It was extended in 1850 with new platforms under the separate management of the East Lancashire Railway, and by 1863, London–Scotland trains stopped here to allow passengers to eat in the station dining room. The current station was built 1880 and extended in 1903 and 1913, when it had fifteen platforms. A free buffet for servicemen was provided during both World Wars. The "East Lancashire" platforms were demolished in the 1970s as connecting lines closed. Only eight platforms remain in regular use today.
As well as intercity trains to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, the station is served by local trains to most parts of Lancashire, and parts of Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Yorkshire.
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Station layout and amenities
The main entrance to the station is at the bottom of the station approach, a ramp off the bridge that carries Fishergate over the railway. The ticket office exists within the small concourse. This concourse gives direct access, down the ramp, to the intercity platforms 3 and 4. There are footbridges on either side of this ramp to all other platforms. The eastern footbridge ends at an alternative entrance to the station on Butler Street, giving closer access to Preston city centre and the station car park. There also exists a subway which provides step-free access to all eight platforms in use at the station and with platform 7, at the south end of which is another entrance serving the station car park.
The island forming platforms 3 and 4 is a very wide island platform with a long series of buildings. Inside these buildings are services and amenities including a newsagent and several food outlets including a licensed restaurant. There are also toilets and a large waiting room. A small travel centre on platform 3, near the ramp, is operated by Virgin Trains staff to give information for passengers on the platform. In addition to these main amenities, there is a small coffee shop outlet on platform 4, as well as an additional shop on platforms 1 and 2.
Passenger information systems were updated during 2007 and now use dot matrix display screens. Preston retains a manual tannoy system, a rarity amongst the larger stations in the UK. In 2009 the station was identified as one of the ten worst category B interchange stations for mystery shopper assessment of fabric and environment, and was set to receive a share of £50m funding for improvements prior to a public spending review initiated in 2010.[1][2]
Usage and services
There are currently six through and two bay platforms in use at Preston, with two more available for emergency use. All lines are electrified, allowing any train to use any platform.
In recent years most platforms are being used for bi-directional travel.
- Platforms 1 and 2 are used by local services predominately operated by Northern. Destinations include Blackpool North, Barrow-in-Furness, Windermere, Blackpool South, Colne and Burnley. Longer distance services to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Airport and York also use these platforms. Platform 2 is used by some services also destined for Blackpool. From 2014 Northern services to Todmorden and Huddersfield via Manchester Victoria have used Platform 2.
- Platform 3 is the main intercity northbound platform for trains to the north and Scotland, however Platform 4 is also used as an extension to this. Virgin Trains services to Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh most often use this platform. TransPennine Express also use this platform for services to their more northern destinations which are Glasgow and Edinburgh.
- Platform 4 is the southbound equivalent of Platform 3, though it is frequently used for northbound services as an extension to Platform 3. Virgin Trains services operate to many destinations on the West Coast Main Line to Birmingham and London Euston. Some Southbound TransPennine Express services also use this platform, although they tend to use Platforms 5 and 6 more than 4, destined for Manchester Airport.
- Platforms 5 and 6 are used as an extension of Platform 4, although due to their 'reversible' nature, all three can also accommodate northbound trains. Southbound TransPennine Express services destined for Manchester Airport usually arrive and depart from this platform. Virgin Trains destined for London also arrive and depart from Platform 6, although they tend to use Platform 4 more.
- Platforms 3c and 4c are bay platforms at the south end of the station, between Platforms 3 and 4, often used by local services to Ormskirk. These are also used for stabling multiple units or locomotives, and trains that are forced to terminate prematurely so as to cause minimal disruption and no platform alterations for other trains.
- A through-line passes Platform 7 (sometimes referred to by railway staff as Platform 9, its former number) on the eastern side of the station. It is rarely used as a passenger platform and carries bicycle racks. The former Platform 2 at Preston, which had long been closed to passengers and was used as a mail terminal, was temporarily used for passenger services in 2004 during engineering works on the eastern side of the station. It was numbered Platform 0. The platform was also used for the temporary shuttle service to the 2012 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, during which time the platform was known simply as 'RES'.
Virgin Trains operate one train per hour to both London Euston and Birmingham New Street, whilst services from Birmingham serve Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley station alternately every hour, and services from Euston head to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Since the December 2013 timetable change, most Birmingham trains now continue through to London via Birmingham International and Coventry.[3]
TransPennine Express operate services as part of their "TransPennine North West" operations, running trains between Manchester Airport and the Scottish termini. Their role as semi-fast services mean that they rarely call at smaller intermediate stations along their routes.
Northern is the major user of Preston Station, with services to Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, York, Blackpool, Barrow, the Cumbrian Coast and even destinations such as Buxton. Northern also operate services along the Ormskirk branch line six days a week.
Serco operate their "Highland" Caledonian Sleeper service with a call at Preston to and from the Scottish Highlands. They are the only services through the station not operated by the three companies listed above. London Midland's single evening peak service from Birmingham New Street no longer operates, having been withdrawn at the end of the 2007-08 timetable.
Great North Western Railway has been given permission to run 6 trains a day from London to Blackpool North from 2018, which will call at Preston.[4] The London terminus will be either Euston or Queen's Park, depending on network capacity during planned infrastructural work to the West Coast Mainline.[4] Additional intermediate stations at which the service will stop are also dependent upon future capacity.[4]
History
In coaching days, Preston was an important centre for both passenger and postal traffic. This importance continued into the railway age, both as a major junction and as a stopping point about half way between London and Glasgow.[5]
Preston’s railways
The first rail lines in Preston were those of the Lancaster Canal Tramroad, a horse-drawn line connecting two parts of the Lancaster Canal. It opened in 1805, but never carried passengers and never converted to steam. It ceased operating in Preston in 1862.[6]
The first steam-hauled passenger railway in Preston was the North Union Railway (NUR). On 31 October 1838 it opened its line from Wigan to a station on the site of the present-day Preston Station.[7] This immediately linked the town to London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.
Each subsequent line was built by a different company. Rivalry often prevented any cooperation over shared facilities, and so almost every railway line into Preston used its own station. It was not until 1900 that all lines in Preston shared a single station, by which time all the companies had been taken over by one or both of just two companies.
The second passenger railway into Preston was the Preston and Longridge Railway, which opened as another horse-drawn tramway on 1 May 1840, to a terminus in Deepdale Street.[8] It converted to steam in 1848, but did not run its trains into the North Union station until 1885.[9]
The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (L&PJR) was the third line, which opened on 25 June 1840,[10] initially using the North Union station. However, relations between the NUR and L&PJR soured, and, from 1 January 1842, most L&PJR trains used, instead, Maxwell House railway station, a short distance to the north of the North Union station. A few trains passed through, but the NUR charged a toll of 6d per passenger. Most passengers refused to pay, preferring to alight at Maxwell House and walk the 200 yards (200 m) to the North Union station, but the NUR refused to hold the train to allow passengers to walk and rebook. The NUR advised northbound passengers to travel by the Lancaster Canal rather than the L&PJR.[6] On 1 January 1844, Maxwell House station came into the possession of the NUR, and lack of agreement led to several weeks when hapless L&PJR passengers had to alight on the trackside at nearby Dock Street (off Pitt Street). Lancaster trains were able to use the North Union station from 12 February.[11]
Preston’s fourth railway was the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway to Fleetwood, opening, just a few weeks after the L&PJR, on 16 July 1840, to its own terminus at Maudlands in Leighton Street.[10] After 12 February 1844, regular Preston and Wyre trains used the North Union station, along with the L&PJR, although Maudlands Station continued to be used for excursions for some decades.[11]
The fifth company to run trains into Preston was the Bolton and Preston Railway (BPR), from 22 June 1843. Its line joined the North Union’s at Euxton, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). south of Preston, but the company used Maxwell House station instead of the North Union’s. However, the NUR charged 1s per passenger to BPR trains over its tracks, and eventually the BPR resorted to ferrying its passengers by road between Euxton and Preston. The BPR was driven into submission and was taken over by the NUR from 1 January 1844.[6]
The sixth line into Preston was that of the Preston and Blackburn Railway, which opened on 1 June 1846, joining the North Union line immediately south of Farrington Station (respelt “Farington” from October 1857). The railway company was absorbed into the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) on 3 August 1846.[12] Once again, the NUR charged high tolls for the use of its line which led the ELR to build its own line into Preston. The line was initially opposed by Preston Corporation, but was eventually permitted on condition that the embankment north of the Ribble (which later became the dividing line between Avenham and Miller Parks) be ornamentally laid out, and that a pedestrian path (still in use today) be provided on the river bridge. The line ran into new platforms built on the east side of the North Union station, which were managed and staffed by the ELR, and which had their own booking hall and entrance in Butler Street. The new platforms were effectively a separate station.[13][14] The new line and station opened on 2 September 1850.[15]
The seventh line in Preston was the North Union’s own Victoria Quay Branch to Victoria Quay on the River Ribble (later extended to Preston Docks in 1882 and which now connects to the heritage Ribble Steam Railway).[16] The single-track goods line opened in October 1846 from a south-facing junction immediately south of Preston Station, through a tight curve into a tunnel with a gradient of 1 in 29, emerging north of Fishergate Hill near the riverside.[17]
The eighth line to Preston was the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, owned by the ELR and connected to its Blackburn line into Preston. It opened on 2 April 1849.[15] From 1891, its trains used a new curve at Farington to enter Preston via the North Union line.[14]
The ninth and final line into Preston was the West Lancashire Railway (WLR) from Southport. The railway arrived in Preston on 16 September 1882, by which time all the town’s other lines were owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) or the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), or jointly by both. The independent WLR built its own Fishergate Hill station. It also built a connecting line to the former ELR (then LYR) line, via which the majority of Southport-to-Preston trains continued to Blackburn. The railway was not a success, and on 1 July 1897 it was taken over by the LYR. This resulted in the diversion of all passenger services to use the East Lancashire platforms of Preston Station from 16 July 1900.[18]
The network of lines south of Preston allowed great flexibility in the routing of trains. A train approaching the town on any of the lines from the south (except the WLR from Southport) could be routed to enter the station via either the North Union or the East Lancashire line. It was even possible for trains from the north to perform an effective U-turn, a feat sometimes carried out by trains between Scotland and Blackpool that would otherwise have had to reverse.
Station development
When the station was first opened in 1838 by the North Union Railway, the line north of the station passed through a tunnel under the west end of Fishergate (then Preston’s major thoroughfare). It was on a slope so steep that sometimes station staff had to push trains out of the station. By 1846, the station was already very busy, handling trains from Wigan and the south, Bolton, Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancaster and the north, and Blackburn. There were no footbridges; passengers had to cross the lines escorted by station staff.[19] North of the station was a network of goods lines around the end of the Lancaster Canal. The coal yards and sidings here continued to operate long after the canal had fallen into commercial disuse.
The station’s first expansion came in 1850 when the new East Lancashire line used new platforms staffed and managed by the East Lancashire Railway, with their own entrance and booking office in Butler Street.[13] From 1863, trains between London and Scotland, having no dining cars, were scheduled to allow 20 minutes at Preston for passengers to eat in the station’s dining room.[20] The pressure on catering staff was increased when northbound and southbound trains would often arrive about the same time.[21] The condition of the station deteriorated to the extent that on 18 August 1866 part of the roof on the East Lancashire side collapsed injuring three people, one seriously. By then, 150 trains a day passed through the station.[22]
Eventually the station was rebuilt, at a cost of a quarter of a million pounds, reopening in July 1880, and with seven through platforms and four bay platforms. At this time, both the Ribble bridge and the line as far as Euxton, were widened from two tracks to four.[22][23] A striking feature of the new station was its long and wide central island platform, 1,225 feet (373 m) long and 110 feet (34 m) wide. It was larger than any of the London terminal station platforms, the longest being Kings Cross at 990 feet (302 m). Along the centre of the platform were refreshment rooms, offices, and waiting rooms. A booking hall at the north end of the station was accessed from the middle of a new bridge carrying Fishergate over the railway. A broad ramp led down to the main island platform, with footbridges to smaller platforms on either side. Further south, the platforms were also linked by a passenger subway and a separate subway for luggage, accessed via hoists.[24] At the south end of the main platform, a footbridge led to the nearby Park Hotel, a joint LYR/LNWR property, opened in 1883.[25][26]
On 30 January 1877 a heavy storm blew the roof completely away from the station,[27] but a more serious accident occurred on 13 July 1896 when a Euston to Glasgow train passed through the station at an estimated 45 mph (70 km/h), despite a 10 mph (16 km/h) speed limit. It was derailed on a tight curve at the north end of the station, killing one person.[22][28] As a result of this, the tracks were realigned. Charles Street, to the west of the station, was demolished, as were more houses northwest of the station. Fishergate bridge was extended on its west side. This allowed more tracks and platforms to be built on the west side of the station, with gentler curves. The Ribble bridge was widened again, from four to six tracks. These enlargements were completed by 1903.[22][29] The east side of the station was also extended in 1913.[30]
By 1926, the lines and platforms were used as follows, from west to east:
- Southwest of the station was Christian Road Goods Station (previously known as Charles Street Goods Station before 1903).
- Next was the single-track goods line that curved west to enter the tunnel to the docks.
- North of the tunnel was a goods loading platform, added in 1903.
- Then were two through lines for non-stop traffic, added in 1903.
- Platforms 1 and 2 formed a large island platform, added in 1903, with station buildings, handling through traffic to and from Blackpool. Platform 2 was also used as a terminal platform for Longridge trains, and as a reversal platform for trains between Lancaster and Blackpool.
- Between platforms 2 and 3 was a centre line used as a run-around loop.
- Platforms 3 and 4 formed a narrow island platform without buildings. Platform 3 was used for terminal and reversal trains, as Platform 2. Platform 4 was a loop platform for Platform 5.
- Platforms 5 and 6 formed the main, wide island platform, with a full set of buildings along its centre. The platforms were used mainly for West Coast Main Line services, northbound and southbound respectively. At the south end were two bay platforms, between platforms 5 and 6, used for short trains and goods vans.
- Platforms 7 and 8 formed another narrow island platform, somewhat shorter than the other platforms. Platform 7 was a loop platform for Platform 6. Platform 8 was the northbound East Lancashire through platform.
- Platform 9 was the main southbound East Lancashire through platform, containing more buildings and linked to the Butler Street station entrance.
- Platform 10 was added in 1913, as another southbound East Lancashire through platform, which trains accessed via a short tunnel underneath a rebuilt Butler Street entrance.
- Platform 11 was a bay platform, set back at the south end of Platform 9, and curving sharply to the east.
- Platforms 12 and 13 were bay platforms, between Platforms 11 and 10, also curving east. All three bay platforms were for terminating services to and from Southport, Blackburn and Liverpool via Ormskirk. Platform 13 was added in 1913.
- To the east of the station was Butler Street Goods Station, with a large number of sidings and two warehouses.[31]
Later[when?], platforms 11, 12, 13 and 10 were renumbered into the more logical sequence 10, 11, 12, 13.
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Southward view from the station in 1959
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A special runs northbound past old platform 5 in 1962
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Blackpool express entering Preston in 1962
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Glasgow express at old platform 5 in 1962
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Two northbound expresses at Preston in 1962
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Windermere express at old platform 3 in 1963
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Station north end in 1963
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Old platforms 8, 7 and 6 from the footbridge in 1966
Contraction
A number of lines around Preston have closed, including the Longridge line in 1930[32][33] and the West Lancashire line in 1964.[34] The old island platforms one and two were closed in 1970 together with the goods lines to the west of the station, but it was then extended northwards to allow platform two to become a dedicated parcels platform. The line towards Liverpool was truncated and singled in summer 1970, with Preston services terminating at Ormskirk. This was followed by the closure of the East Lancashire line, between Preston and Bamber Bridge, via its original direct route, in April 1972. The East Lancashire platforms 10 to 13 were demolished, along with the Butler Street Goods Yard.[35] Their site is now covered by car parks for the station and the adjacent Fishergate Shopping Centre, which was built in the 1980s, partly over the north end of the former goods yard. The remaining platforms 3 to 9 were renumbered 1 to 7.
Some of the station's heritage can still be seen:
- At the far north end of platform 4 are the remains of the Ladywell Sidings, most of which was swept away by the ring road built in the 1990s.
- At the north end of platform 3, a disused bay platform can be seen. It follows the original alignment of the main platform before the 1903 expansion.
- There is a tunnel between platforms 3 and 4, under the station approach. Locomotives and trains are occasionally stored there.
- At the north of platform 7 is the blocked up remains of the tunnel which took the platform 13 (originally number 10) through-line from the north, under the Butler Street entrance.
- At the southern end of platform 7, the platform edge curves away to the east but the line now turns westward to join the main line.
- The former platforms 1 and 2 are also still in existence, but closed to passengers, and was used for Royal Mail Parcelforce services until recently. Old platform 1 and the lines to its west have been broken to form two bay platforms. Network Rail has its offices here.
Special features
A free buffet for servicemen was provided at the station during both World Wars. The Preston Station Free Buffet Association served free hot drinks, biscuits and buns and sold sandwiches at cost price to anyone in uniform 24 hours a day for the duration of the First World War. Four hundred women working 12-hour shifts served over 3 million men between 1915 and 1919. 12 million cups of tea were served between 1939 and 1945.[37] It was funded by subscription and had its own marked crockery. The station was on a major north-south route for troops. There are three commemorative plaques related to the First World War buffet in the waiting room on platforms 3 and 4, the former site of WWI buffet. One of the drama segments of the televised Preston Passion of 2012 was set in the First World War servicemen's buffet. The Second World War buffet was located in the southern building further down platforms 5&6 (now platforms 3&4).
One of the catenary stanchions on platform 4 is notably better kept than others, and carries a small plaque detailing the visit of Queen Elizabeth II on 7 May 1974, after the completion of electrification of tracks north of the point where it stands. This was significant because it marked the completion of the total electrification of the West Coast Main Line.[36]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Tracks of our fears Lancashire Evening Post
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 65
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lawrence, p.136
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Greville & Holt 1, pp.97–98
- ↑ Greville & Holt 1, p.95
- ↑ Greville & Holt 2, p.198
- ↑ Greville & Holt 2, pp.200–201
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Greville & Holt 1, p.96
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Greville & Holt 1, p.99
- ↑ Greville & Holt 1, pp.99–100
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Greville & Holt 1, p.101
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Suggitt, p.59
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Greville & Holt 2, p.197
- ↑ Greville & Holt 2, p.203
- ↑ Greville & Holt 1, p.100
- ↑ Greville & Holt 2, pp.201–202
- ↑ Greville & Holt 3, pp.274–275
- ↑ Greville & Holt 3, p.277
- ↑ Lawrence, p.142
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Greville & Holt 3, p.276
- ↑ Gairns, p.337
- ↑ Lawrence, p.139
- ↑ Gairns, p.342
- ↑ Suggitt, p.63
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ Lawrence, p.140
- ↑ Lawrence, p.141
- ↑ Rush, p.7
- ↑ Gairns, pp.342–343
- ↑ Suggitt, p.52
- ↑ Greville & Holt 2, p.201
- ↑ Suggitt, p.115
- ↑ Suggitt, p.60
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Engineering Timelines: Carlisle (Lune) Bridge, accessed 10 January 2008
- ↑ Hunt, p.18
References
- Biddle, G. (1989) The Railways Around Preston – A Historical Review, Scenes from the Past, 6, Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-05-3
- Buck, M. and Rawlinson, M. (2000) Line By Line: The West Coast Main Line, London Euston to Glasgow Central, Freightmaster Publishing, ISBN 0-9537540-0-6
- Gairns, J.F. (1926) "Notable Railway Stations and their Traffic: Preston, L.M.S.R." PDF (2.80 MB), Railway Magazine, 58 (347: May), pp. 337–346
- Greville, M.D. and Holt, G.O. (1960) "Railway Development in Preston", Railway Magazine, vol. 106, in three parts: part 1 PDF (2.68 MB), Feb no. 706, pp. 94–112; part 2 PDF (2.04 MB), Mar no. 707, pp. 197–204; part 3 PDF (1.50 MB), Apr no. 708, pp. 274–277
- Hunt, D. (2003) The Wharncliffe Companion to Preston — An A to Z of Local History, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley, ISBN 1-903425-79-4.
- Lawrence, J.L. (1903) "Notable Railway Stations: Preston" PDF (2.81 MB), Railway Magazine, 12 (February 1903), pp. 136–144
- Rush, R.W. (1983) The East Lancashire Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 0-85361-295-1
- Shannon, P. and Hillmer, J. (2004) West, East and North Lancashire, British Railways – Past and Present: 43, Past & Present Publishing, ISBN 1-85895-237-9, pp. 31–34
- Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1-85306-801-2
- Taylor, S. (1997) Journeys by Excursion Train: Preston to Blackpool (Central), Scenes from the Past: 26 (3), Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-51-7, pp. 14–35
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- Train times and station information for Preston railway station from National Rail
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- 1850s map of Preston on Lancashire County Council's MARIO map system
- 1890s map of Preston on Lancashire County Council's MARIO map system
- Modern-day map of Preston on Lancashire County Council's MARIO map system
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