Index
- Southport to Preston Home
- Southport Central
- Southport Windsor Road
- Southport Ash Street
- St Lukes
- Hesketh Park
- Churchtown
- Crossens
- Banks
- Hundred End
- Hesketh Bank & Tartleton
- River Douglas
- Hoole
- Longton Bridge
- New Longton & Hutton
- Penwortham (Cop Lane)
- Preston West Lancs
- Preston
Preston West Lancs
(1882 - 1900)
Located on the north side of the River Ribble, Preston West Lancashire Railway (WLR) station was the northern terminus of the WLR company’s
Southport & Preston Railway which opened in stages between February 19 1878 and September 6 1882
The first passenger train to use Preston WLR station ran on September 5 1882. It was a special service as part of the grand opening ceremony and had come from Southport
The station's spacious booking hall measured 40ft by 34ft. To its west was a general waiting room, a porters’ lamp room, a coal store and gentlemen’s toilets. This side of the station was single-storey. To the east of the booking hall was a ladies’ waiting room with toilets, the stationmaster’s office, a telegraph office and a cloak and parcels office; there were two more floors here including a three-bedroom apartment upstairs for the stationmaster
The goods yard which opened in February 1883, had five sidings, a coal yard, a large goods shed and a cattle pen
A WLR timetable of October 1 1896, showed eleven departures from Preston WLR on weekdays ran to Southport
On July 6 1900, only 18 years old, the station closed to passengers, but goods services continued. Trains on the former WLR ran into the joint Preston station
The former passenger station building survived until 1976; the last user was Rednaw Cash and Carry. The site was later developed with housing
The first passenger train to use Preston WLR station ran on September 5 1882. It was a special service as part of the grand opening ceremony and had come from Southport
The station's spacious booking hall measured 40ft by 34ft. To its west was a general waiting room, a porters’ lamp room, a coal store and gentlemen’s toilets. This side of the station was single-storey. To the east of the booking hall was a ladies’ waiting room with toilets, the stationmaster’s office, a telegraph office and a cloak and parcels office; there were two more floors here including a three-bedroom apartment upstairs for the stationmaster
The goods yard which opened in February 1883, had five sidings, a coal yard, a large goods shed and a cattle pen
A WLR timetable of October 1 1896, showed eleven departures from Preston WLR on weekdays ran to Southport
On July 6 1900, only 18 years old, the station closed to passengers, but goods services continued. Trains on the former WLR ran into the joint Preston station
The former passenger station building survived until 1976; the last user was Rednaw Cash and Carry. The site was later developed with housing
