preston railway station preston railway station serves city preston lancashire england major station half way point miles london actual half way point approximately miles south served northern services plus sleeper overnight services london scotland station opened site extended new platforms separate management london scotland trains stopped allow passengers eat station dining room current station built extended platforms free servicemen provided world wars east lancashire platforms demolished 1970s connecting lines closed platforms remain regular use today trains london birmingham manchester glasgow edinburgh station served local trains parts lancashire parts greater manchester station layout amenities main entrance station station approach ramp bridge carries railway ticket office exists small gives direct access ramp platforms ramp platforms eastern ends alternative entrance station butler street giving closer access preston city centre station car park exists subway provides step free access platforms use station platform south end entrance serving station car park island forming platforms wide island platform long series buildings inside buildings services amenities including food outlets including licensed restaurant toilets large waiting room small travel centre platform near ramp operated staff information passengers platform addition main amenities small coffee shop outlet platform additional shop platforms passenger information systems updated use dot matrix display screens preston retains manual system rarity larger stations station identified worst category interchange stations mystery assessment fabric environment set receive share funding improvements prior public spending review initiated services currently bay platforms use preston available emergency use lines electrified allowing train use platform northern liverpool south parkway york manchester airport manchester victoria manchester airport train hours operate highland sleeper service preston scottish highlands services station operated companies listed london midland single evening peak service birmingham new street longer operates having withdrawn end given permission run trains day london preston london terminus queen park depending network capacity planned work additional intermediate stations service stop dependent future capacity history coaching days preston important centre passenger postal traffic importance continued railway age major junction stopping point half way london glasgow railways rail lines preston horse drawn line connecting parts opened carried passengers converted steam ceased operating preston steam hauled passenger railway preston october opened line station site present day preston station immediately linked town london birmingham liverpool manchester subsequent line built different company rivalry prevented cooperation shared facilities railway line preston station lines preston shared single station time companies taken companies second passenger railway preston preston opened horse drawn terminus street converted steam run trains station lancaster preston junction railway line opened june initially station relations january trains instead railway station short distance north station trains passed charged toll passenger passengers refused pay preferring walk yards station refused hold train allow passengers walk advised northbound passengers travel january station came possession lack agreement led weeks passengers nearby dock street lancaster trains able use station february preston fourth railway preston joint railway opening weeks july terminus february regular preston trains station continued decades fifth company run trains preston june line joined miles south preston company station instead charged passenger trains tracks eventually resorted passengers road preston driven submission taken january sixth line preston preston opened june joining line immediately south october railway company absorbed august charged high tolls use line led build line preston line initially opposed eventually permitted condition embankment north later dividing line laid pedestrian path use today provided river bridge line ran new platforms built east station managed staffed booking hall entrance butler street new platforms effectively separate station new line station opened september seventh line preston river later extended connects heritage steam railway single track goods line opened october south facing junction immediately south preston station tight curve tunnel gradient emerging north hill near riverside eighth line preston liverpool owned connected line preston opened april trains new curve enter preston line ninth final line preston railway arrived preston september time town lines owned london lancashire jointly independent built hill station built connecting line line majority preston trains continued railway success july taken resulted diversion passenger services use platforms july network lines south preston allowed great flexibility routing trains train approaching town lines south routed enter station east lancashire line possible trains north perform effective turn feat carried trains scotland reverse station development station opened line north station passed tunnel west end preston major slope steep station staff push trains station station busy handling trains south lancaster north passengers cross lines escorted station staff north station network goods lines end lancaster canal coal yards continued operate long canal fallen commercial station expansion came new line new platforms staffed managed entrance booking office butler street trains london scotland having dining cars scheduled allow minutes preston passengers eat station dining room pressure catering staff increased northbound southbound trains arrive time condition station deteriorated extent august roof collapsed injuring people seriously trains day passed station eventually station rebuilt cost quarter million pounds reopening july seven platforms bay platforms time bridge line far widened tracks striking feature new station long wide central island platform feet long feet wide larger london terminal station platforms longest feet centre platform rooms offices waiting rooms booking hall north end station accessed middle new bridge carrying railway broad ramp led main island platform smaller platforms south platforms linked passenger subway separate subway accessed south end main platform led nearby joint property opened january heavy storm blew roof completely away station accident occurred july glasgow train passed station estimated mph despite mph speed limit tight curve north end station killing person result tracks realigned west station demolished houses northwest station bridge extended west allowed tracks platforms built west station curves bridge widened tracks completed east station extended lines platforms follows west east southwest station previously known single track goods line curved west enter tunnel docks north tunnel goods loading platform added lines non stop traffic added platforms formed large island platform added station buildings handling traffic platform terminal platform trains reversal platform trains lancaster platforms centre line run loop platforms formed narrow island platform buildings platform terminal reversal trains platform loop platform platform platforms formed main wide island platform set buildings centre platforms mainly west_coast services northbound southbound respectively south end bay platforms platforms short trains goods platforms formed narrow island platform somewhat shorter platforms platform loop platform platform northbound platform platform main southbound platform containing buildings linked butler street station entrance platform added southbound platform trains accessed short tunnel underneath rebuilt butler street entrance platform bay platform set south end platform curving sharply east platforms bay platforms platforms curving east bay platforms terminating services liverpool platform added east station large number warehouses later platforms renumbered logical sequence number lines preston closed including line line old island platforms closed goods lines west station extended northwards allow platform dedicated parcels platform line liverpool truncated singled summer preston services terminating followed closure line preston bridge original direct route april platforms demolished site covered car parks station adjacent built 1980s partly north end goods yard remaining platforms renumbered station heritage seen far north end platform remains swept away ring road built 1990s north end platform disused bay platform seen follows original alignment main platform expansion tunnel platforms station approach locomotives trains occasionally stored north platform blocked remains tunnel took platform originally number line north entrance southern end platform platform edge curves away east line turns westward join main line platforms existence closed passengers services recently old platform lines west broken form bay platforms offices special features free servicemen provided station world wars served free hot drinks sold cost price uniform hours day duration world war women working hour shifts served million men million cups tea served funded subscription marked station major north south route troops commemorative plaques related world war waiting room platforms site drama segments televised preston passion set world war servicemen second world war located southern building platforms platforms platform notably better kept carries small plaque detailing visit queen elizabeth_ii completion electrification tracks north point stands significant marked completion total electrification
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