Preston Railway Station is on the West Coast Mainline and operated by Avanti West Coast. The station is a listed building and sees services to London, up to Scotland and many local services too serving Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn and elsewhere.
Preston Railway Station ticket office to shut as part of rail proposalsPreston Railway Station may no longer have a ticket office under new proposals. Plans for the future of railways outline how ticket offices would be scrapped and replaced with ‘multi-skilled […]
10 months ago Preston Station’s secret World War I underground platform and stablesUnderneath Preston Station there is a little known area, the bakehouse siding. The siding is still there as of 2023. There are also passages and rooms that are now used […]
10 months ago Man jailed for abusing, spitting and attacking police at Preston Railway StationA man has been jailed for attacking and abusing police officers and staff at Preston Railway Station. Callumer Rutherford, 29, of Harcourt Road, Lancaster pleaded guilty to two counts of […]
11 months ago South Ribble MP tells Avanti West Coast passengers are ‘fed up’ of continued poor serviceThe managing director of Avanti West Coast has spoken to the South Ribble MP about the train operator’s poor service. Andy Mellors talked with Katherine Fletcher in Westminster last week […]
11 months ago Advertisement Advertisement Preston’s city streets feature in new music videoPreston’s city streets provide the backdrop to a new music video released by local band Ginnel. Preston train station, the bus station, Preston Market Hall, Avenham and Miller Parks and […]
1 year ago The Preston and Wyre Railway line and the original, now lost stationThe Preston and Wyre Railway opened in 1840, shortly after the West Coast Main Line had reached Preston. The original aim was to link the agricultural areas of the the […]
1 year ago Preston Railway Station to see four weekends of no trains due to engineering worksWest Coast main line passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of four weekends of essential railway improvements at Preston station. Network Rail is investing £1.5m to upgrade […]
1 year ago Preston and District Model Railway Society and Ribble Steam Railway spring eventsSpring 2023 sees a couple of events that are of interest to railway and history fans. The Preston Model Railway Society’s exhibition is held in March, and The Ribble Steam […]
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