Garstang Town railway station served the market town of

Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268 ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, England. It opened in 1870. The station closed for passengers in 1930 and for freight in 1965.

History

The station opened on 5 December 1870 by the

Garstang and Knot-End Railway The was a railway line, between Garstang and Pilling, across the Fylde of Lancashire, England. It was built by local agricultural interests to develop unproductive land. It had been intended to continue to Knott End but ran out of money. It eve ...

. It was situated on the west side of the B6430. To the south was a goods shed and an engine shed and to the north was a carriage shed. Like and , passenger services ceased on 11 March and 29 March 1872 due to a faulty locomotive but they resumed when it was fitted with a new engine. The station was rebuilt in 1909 with two platforms: one on the left and an island platform, a station building on the island platform, a signal box to the west, a two road engine shed to the northwest and new carriage sheds to the northeast. 'Town' was added to its name on 2 July 1924. The station closed to passengers on 31 March 1930 and closed to goods on 16 August 1965. The site was later developed into housing.

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Disused railway stations in the Borough of Wyre Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1872 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 Buildings and structures in Garstang 1870 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub