Cottam Parkway is a proposed railway station to the west of Preston, England. The proposed station would serve existing and new developments in the

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. As part of the original Preston Local Plan, the station would have been constructed in 2022/23 adjacent to the Preston Western Distributor Road, which will link to the

M55 motorway The M55 is a motorway in Lancashire, England, which can also be referred to as the Preston Northern Bypass. It connects the seaside resort of Blackpool to the M6 at Preston. It is 12.2 miles (19.6 km) in length. One mile was originally ...

. In the amended plan the Cottam station looked set to be removed because of uncertainty over its location. Preston was shortlisted for the Transforming City Fund, including a proposal to fund Cottam railway station. It is now planned to submit a planning application in 2022, which, if successful, could lead to an opening in 2024 or 2025. The plan is to locate it on the Preston to Blackpool section. Construction may have required the closure of the neighbouring

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, as referred to in Page 38 of the ''Central Lancashire Highways and Transport Masterplan''. In December 2020 Lancashire County Council agreed to acquire land to assist with the construction of the station and access roads. LCC submitted a planning application in October 2022. Planning permission for the new station was granted in September 2023 (Lancashire County Council ref LCC/2022/0049).

Location

The station would be near the site of the former

Lea Road railway station Lea Road railway station ( ) was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropo ...

between Lea Road and Sidgreaves Lane. It was planned to be part of the construction of a new distributor road linking the M55 with the A583, which began in September 2019 and opened in July 2023.

References

{{Proposed rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom Proposed railway stations in England Railway stations in the City of Preston