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West Lancashire Railway

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Preston to Southport

Preston Fishergate Hill

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Ribble Junction (WLR)

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Ribble Junction, on the embankment just south of the River Ribble bridge, was only a junction until 1900 when the curve to Middleforth Jcn closed and ...
Mark Bartlett 01/08/2008

Few traces remain of the West Lancashire Railway around Preston but these bridge piers, which carried their last train in 1965, look as if they will ...
Mark Bartlett 01/08/2008

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New Longton and Hutton station closed with the Preston to Southport line in 1964 and has been completely built over. It had originally been called ...
Mark Bartlett 10/01/2011

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Longton Bridge

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Looking north towards the village of Longton beyond the bridge abutments marking the site of Longton Bridge station, closed in 1964 with the rest of ...
Mark Bartlett 14/11/2008

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Hoole

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Fifty five years after the 1964 closure of the Preston to Southport line the level crossing gates at Hoole station are still a visible reminder of the ...
Mark Bartlett 06/02/2019

Much of the Preston to Southport line ran across open farmland and has disappeared back into it since closure in 1964. This is the view north from ...
Mark Bartlett 06/02/2019

The view east along Station Road at Hoole from the level crossing at the old station site on 6th February 2019. Station and line closed in September ...
Mark Bartlett 06/02/2019

Forty four years after the level crossing gates were last opened for trains this gate and its opposite number still stand across the trackbed at the ...
Mark Bartlett 14/11/2008

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River Douglas

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Hesketh Bank

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Tarleton Branch

The eastern abutment of the old steel bridge still looks over the River Douglas at Hesketh Bank in 2019. It carried the Preston to Southport line ...
Mark Bartlett 22/09/2019

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Hundred End

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Hundred End station, between Hesketh Bank and Banks, served a thinly populated farming district on the Preston to Southport line and closed in 1962, ...
Mark Bartlett 14/08/2020

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Banks

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The site of Banks station, closed with the Preston to Southport line in 1964, is marked only by a slight rise in the road where the level crossing ...
Mark Bartlett 03/11/2020

Looking towards Crossens and Southport from the site of Banks station on 3rd November 2020. The trackbed seen here is narrower than it would have been ...
Mark Bartlett 03/11/2020

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Southport, on the occasion of a 1982 open day at the Steamport preservation centre, with a Derby 108 DMU and Class 03 shunter being used on shuttles ...
Mark Bartlett 11/09/1982

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West Lancashire Railway

Portions of line and locations

Preston to Southport

Preston Fishergate Hill

Ribble Junction (WLR)

Penwortham Junction

Penwortham Cop Lane

New Longton and Hutton

Longton Bridge

Hoole

River Douglas

Hesketh Bank

Hundred End

Banks

Crossens

Churchtown

Hesketh Park

Roe Lane Junction

Hawkshead Street Junction

St Luke's

Southport Central

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