Index
- Garstang to Knott End Home
- Garstang & Catterall
- Garstang Town
- Nateby
- Cogle Hill Halt
- Cockerham Cross
- Garstang Road Halt
- Pilling
- Carr Lane
- Preesall
- Knott End
Garstang to Knott End Railway
(1870 - 1872 1875 - 1930)
The Garstang and Knott End Railway ran between Garstang and Pilling, in the Fylde of Lancashire. It was built by local agricultural interests to develop unproductive land.
It had been intended to continue to Knott End but ran out of money. It eventually opened in 1870. The line was closed temporarily between March 1872 and May 1875 because the only engine
owned by the company was needing repair
In 1898 the Knott End Railway was authorised to continue to Knott End and it opened in 1908
The two companies were amalgamated when the Knott End Railway (KER) acquired the earlier company. The KER was still desperately short of money, and local people who were owed money bought rolling stock to keep the company going
Salt extraction near Preesall became a dominant industry from 1890, and the railway conveyed some remarkable tonnages of salt (outward) and coal (inward, for power)
The passenger service was discontinued in 1930 and the line closed completely in 1965
In 1898 the Knott End Railway was authorised to continue to Knott End and it opened in 1908
The two companies were amalgamated when the Knott End Railway (KER) acquired the earlier company. The KER was still desperately short of money, and local people who were owed money bought rolling stock to keep the company going
Salt extraction near Preesall became a dominant industry from 1890, and the railway conveyed some remarkable tonnages of salt (outward) and coal (inward, for power)
The passenger service was discontinued in 1930 and the line closed completely in 1965
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Garstang & Catterall | Jun 1840 | Feb 1969 | Jul 1963 |
| Garstang Town | Dec 1870 | Mar 1930 | Jul 1963 |
| Nateby | Dec 1870 | Mar 1930 | Nov 1950 |
| Cogle Hill Halt | Dec 1870 | Mar 1930 | Nov 1950 |
| Cookerham Cross | Dec 1870 | Mar 1930 | |
| Garstang Road Halt | Oct 1923 | Mar 1930 | Aug 1963 |
| Pilling | Dec 1870 | Mar 1930 | Nov 1950 |
| Carr Lane | Jul 1921 | Mar 1930 | |
| Preesall | Aug 1908 | Mar 1930 | Nov 1950 |
| Knott End | Aug 1908 | Mar 1930 | Nov 1950 |
