Ribbleton railway station

Fulwood / Ribbleton

The former station building in 2007
Location
Place Gamull Lane, Ribbleton
Area Preston
Coordinates 53°46′58″N 2°39′31″W / 53.7827°N 2.6587°W / 53.7827; -2.6587Coordinates: 53°46′58″N 2°39′31″W / 53.7827°N 2.6587°W / 53.7827; -2.6587
Operations
Original company Preston and Longridge Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 1
History
1854 Opened as Gammer Lane
1856 Renamed Fulwood
1900 Renamed Ribbleton
31 May 1930 Closed
1980 Line closed; tracks and bridge removed
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53°46′58″N 2°39′31″W / 53.7827°N 2.6587°W / 53.7827; -2.6587

Ribbleton railway station was on the Preston and Longridge Railway in Ribbleton, a suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England.

When the station opened in 1854 it was at first called Gammer Lane[1] (which appears to be a misspelling of Gamull Lane, on which the station was located). Two years later, the line was bought by the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway and the station was renamed Fulwood Station.

Between 1863 and 1866 there was another short-lived station called Ribbleton, closer to Preston. It was not until 1900 that Fulwood Station was finally renamed Ribbleton Station. The station closed to passengers, along with the line, in 1930.

The line through the station continued to be used for goods trains until 1980. After closure the Gamull Lane bridge over the line was removed. The station building still stands, as a private house with the former trackbed through its garden. The route on either side is now a combined cycle path and footpath.

Notes

  1. Suggitt, p.50; Biddle, pl.43

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Deepdale Street
Terminus
  Preston and Longridge Railway
until 1856
  Grimsargh
towards Longridge
Deepdale
towards Preston
  L&YR / L&NWR joint
Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway
from 1856
 


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