Maudlands railway station

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Maudlands
Location
Location Leighton Street, Preston
Area Preston
Coordinates 53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619, -2.7112Coordinates: 53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619, -2.7112
Operations
Original company Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
History
15 July 1840 Opened
1844 Superseded by Preston Station except for excursions
Unknown date Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Portal:Maudlands railway station
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Not to be confused with Maudland Bridge railway station.

Maudlands railway station (also known as Maudland railway station) was the original Preston terminus of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway to Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England. It was located on Leighton Street.[1] The line and the station opened on 15 July 1840.[2] The line crossed the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (L&PJR) on the level, immediately to the west of the station.[3]

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 for several decades before its eventual closure and demolition.

Later the site was used for a goods station on the Longridge Branch Line which connected from the east. The site is now occupied by the University of Central Lancashire’s Roeburn Hall.

[edit] References

Maps showing
Maudlands Station
OS 1:10000 Map on MARIO (about 1848)
Other maps

SD 5321 2974
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1 85306 801 2, p.36
  3. ^ Greville, M.D. and Holt, G.O. (1960) "Railway Development in Preston—I"PDF (2.68 MiB), Railway Magazine, vol. 106, Feb. 1960 no. 706, p.96


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Lea Road   Preston and Wyre
Joint Railway		   Terminus