Lea Road railway station
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For the railway station in Lincolnshire, see Gainsborough Lea Road railway station.
| Lea Road | |||
| Location | |||
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| Location | Lea Road, Preston | ||
| Area | Preston | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Original company | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway | ||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway | ||
| Platforms | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| 1840 | Opened | ||
| 2 May 1938 | Closed | ||
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
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Lea Road railway station was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire. It opened soon after the line opened in 1840, and closed on 2 May 1938 (Biddle, p.56; Welch, p.23).
No obvious remains of the station exist; a wasteground and The Cotty Brook public house are to one side, and a private housing development is on the other. The former entrances can be identified through the different style bricks used to stop-up the tunnels adjacent to the footpath.
Lea is pronounced "Leah" (IPA: /lɪə/).
[edit] References
| Maps showing Lea Road Station |
| Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945) |
| NPE Maps (1947) |
| Vision of Britain |
| OS 1:2500 Map on MARIO (1892) |
| OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (1848) |
| Other maps |
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- Biddle, G. (1989) The Railways Around Preston—A Historical Review, Scenes from the Past: No. 6, Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-05-3
- Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Salwick | Preston and Wyre Joint Railway |
Maudlands until 1844, and excursions |
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| Preston from 1844 |
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