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LINES
The line to Lancaster, Carlisle and Glasgow
The East Lancs Line to Blacburn and Burnley
The Fylde Line to Blackpool
The former Bolton & Preston Railway
The Deepdale and Longridge line
The West lancs Railway to Southport plus the Ormskirk line
The LNWR line to Wigan, Crewe and London
The Preston Dock Branch

INFORMATION

Information about railtours and unusual / interesting workings

A detailed look at the signalling around Preston station past and present

Maps and schematics of the station and surrounding area.

Links to related / interesting sites.

Links to related / interesting sites.

Chris's page - photos and video clips

Railway modelling.

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NORTH END
This view at the north end of the station includes the line which passed under the Butler St entrance and into the East Lancs station. The tunnel entrance remains, but it goes nowhere due to the building of a car park at the side of the station in the 1990s. Just visible over the parapet is the Black Cat Cafe.

(c) H C Casserley 24th June 1966.
Parts of the network still retain the semaphore signalling which has served the railway for hundreds of years, but sadly it is long-gone at Preston. The 1970s saw the introduction of the Preston "power box" which swept away semaphore signalling and the numerous signalboxes which were dotted around the area. A little later, electrification brought overhead catenary which further changed the look of the station. The consequence of all this change is that photographs from the late 60s and before show a very different picture to the one we see today.

This is Preston North signal gantry as it was on 20th September 1967.

Taken from the foot-bridge,  a Stanier class 5 4-6-0 No. 44800 takes a cement train through the station and under the Fishergate bridge on 22nd September 1967.

47 840 "North Star" sits in the bay at the northern end of the western half of the station. There is a photo of this locomotive in an earlier guise, in the 1980s, on the  Platform 5-7 page.

In the background, one of a pair of Mk2 coaches  sits in the truncated northern part of the old platform 1, which has been closed to passengers for years.
 

 
 

STATION
The North End of the station
The old platform 1 & 2 (now closed to passengers)
The current platform 1 & 2
Platform 3
Platform 4A (and 3A) - south-facing bays
Platforms 4 and 5
Platfotrms 6 and 7
Old Platform 10 to 13

Th south end of the station

MODERN PHOTOS
What you can expect to see at Preston Station on an average day.
Photos of recent interesting / unusual visitors to the station.

Contemporary photos taken at Preston

MISC PHOTOS