Maudlands railway station
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Maudlands railway station (also known as Maudland railway station, or Preston Maudland(s)) was the original Preston terminus of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway to Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England. It was located on Leighton Street.[2] The line and the station opened on 15 July 1840.[3] The line crossed the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (L&PJR) on the level, immediately to the west of the station.[4]
By 1844, most of the line's trains were diverted along the L&PJR's line to use the main Preston Station instead. However, Maudlands Station continued to be used for excursions and as a goods station for several decades before its eventual closure and demolition, by 1885, to make way for an extension of the Longridge Branch Line. The remainder of the site was then used for a replacement goods station on the Longridge line which connected from the east.
The site is now occupied by Leighton Hall on Leighton Street and by the University of Central Lancashire’s Roeburn Hall, with the disused Longridge line running between them.
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![]() Railways in the Maudlands area in 1849 | ![]() 1892 |
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Temporary station
For two days in 1991, the station name "Preston Maudlands" was revived for a temporary platform. It was located on the Blackpool Line adjacent to Tulketh Brow, used as a temporary terminus on 9–10 March 1991 to allow bridge maintenance.[1]
References
Maps showing Maudlands Station |
OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848) |
Other maps |
53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112 |
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Hunt, D. (2003) The Wharncliffe Companion to Preston —An A to Z of Local History, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley, ISBN 1-903425-79-4, p.117
- ^ Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1-85306-801-2, p.36
- ^ Greville, M.D.; Holt, G.O. (February 1960). "Railway Development in Preston—1" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. Vol. 106, no. 706. p. 96.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Lea Road | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | Terminus |
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- Blackpool Central
- South Shore
- Gillett's Crossing Halt
- Lytham (Station Road)
- Wrea Green
- Fleetwood
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- Thornton–Cleveleys
- Poulton Curve Halt
- Singleton
- Lea Road
- Maudlands
- Holme
- Towneley
- Bott Lane Halt
- Reedley Hallows Halt
- New Hall Bridge Halt
- Padiham
- Simonstone
- Great Harwood
- Helmshore
- Grane Road
- Haslingden
- Baxenden
- Hoghton Tower
- Hoghton
- Todd Lane Junction
- Melling
- Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale
- Borwick
- Lancaster (1840–49)
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- Bay Horse
- Scorton
- Garstang and Catterall
- Brock
- Roebuck
- Barton and Broughton
- Oxheys
- Maxwell House
- Middleton Road Bridge Halt
- Morecambe Harbour
- Morecambe Promenade
- Morecambe (Northumberland Street)
- Scale Hall
- Lancaster Green Ayre
- Halton
- Caton
- Claughton
- Hornby
- Wray
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- Balshaw Lane and Euxton
- Coppull
- Rawlinson Bridge
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