Maudlands railway station

Not to be confused with Maudland Bridge railway station.
Maudlands
Location
Place Leighton Street, Preston
Area Preston
Coordinates 53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112Coordinates: 53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112
Operations
Original company Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
15 July 1840 Opened
11 February 1844 Closed to passengers except for excursions[1]
about 1885 Demolished
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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.

UCLan's Roeburn Hall is on the site of the former station

Railways in the Maudlands area in 1849
1892

2012
  1. Maudlands railway station and first goods station
  2. Maudland Bridge railway station
  3. Engine shed
  4. St Walburge's RC Church
  5. Second Maudland Goods Station from 1885
  6. Roeburn Hall
  7. Leighton Hall

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

  1. 1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1-85306-801-2, p.36
  4. ↑ 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
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