Long Preston railway station

Long Preston National Rail

A steam train taking on water at Long Preston railway station in 2005
Location
Place Long Preston
Local authority Craven
Coordinates 54°01′01″N 2°15′22″W / 54.017°N 2.256°WCoordinates: 54°01′01″N 2°15′22″W / 54.017°N 2.256°W
Grid reference SD833579
Operations
Station code LPR
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   9,753
2005/06 Increase 10,063
2006/07 Increase 12,300
2007/08 Decrease 11,670
2008/09 Increase 13,260
2009/10 Increase 13,978
2010/11 Increase 14,016
2011/12 Decrease 13,380
2012/13 Increase 13,644
History
1849 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Long Preston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Long Preston railway station serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire, England. The station is 37.5 miles (60 km) north-west of Leeds on the Leeds to Morecambe Line and is managed by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

It is the last station before the Settle-Carlisle Line and the Leeds to Morecambe Line diverge at Settle Junction to the north of the village. Facilities at the station are basic - the original wooden station buildings were demolished in the early 1970s and there are now just simple waiting shelters on each platform. It is unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets on the train.

The station was opened on 30 July 1849 by the "little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway.[1]

Services

Generally, there is a train every two hours from Long Preston southbound towards Leeds (nine departures per day in total) and northbound. All services from Leeds to Lancaster and Morecambe (five per day) stop there, along with three Leeds to Carlisle trains. There is also one train each day that runs north only as far as Ribblehead, and one Morecambe train which continues to Heysham.

For many years on Sundays, only Leeds - Morecambe trains stopped at Long Preston. However, since 2009, certain Carlisle trains have also served the station on Sundays. As a result there are now four trains to Morecambe and one to Carlisle northbound and six trains to Leeds southbound (the two morning/early afternoon services on the Morecambe line that formerly ran in summer only up until 2010 now run throughout the year).

Notes

  1. ↑ Bairstow, p. 96

References

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hellifield   Northern Rail
Leeds to Morecambe Line		   Giggleswick
Hellifield   Northern Rail
Settle-Carlisle Line		   Settle
Historical railways
Hellifield   Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway		   Settle Junction
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