Maudlands
General information
LocationLeighton Street, Preston, Preston
England
Coordinates53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPreston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Key dates
15 July 1840Opened
11 February 1844Closed to passengers except for excursions[1]
about 1885Demolished
Location
Maudlands is located in Preston city centre
Maudlands
Maudlands
Location in Preston
Maudlands is located in Lancashire
Maudlands
Maudlands
Location in present-day Lancashire, England

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. ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  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.; Holt, G.O. (February 1960). "Railway Development in Preston—1" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. Vol. 106, no. 706. p. 96.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Lea Road   Preston and Wyre
Joint Railway 		  Terminus
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