Preesall railway station served

Preesall Preesall is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in Lancashire, England. The parish (until 1910 known as Preesall with Hackensall) covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End-on-Sea, Pilling Lane and the vil ...

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, from 1908 to 1930, although goods continued until 1950.

History

The station opened on 3 August 1908 by the

Knott 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 even ...

. It was situated on the east side of Park Lane. To the south was the goods yard which had a goods shed, a loading ramp, a crane and a weighbridge. The bus service introduced in the 1920s deemed the station uneconomic so it closed on 31 March 1930 and closed to goods on 13 November 1950. Only the platform face still remains.

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Disused railway stations in the Borough of Wyre The Fylde Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 1908 establishments in England 1950 disestablishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub