Maudlands railway station

Maudlands
Location
Place	Leighton Street, Preston
Area	Preston
Coordinates	53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112Coordinates: 53°45′43″N 2°42′40″W / 53.7619°N 2.7112°W / 53.7619; -2.7112
Operations
Original company	Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
History
15 July 1840	Opened
1844	Superseded by Preston Station except for excursions
Unknown date	Closed
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Not to be confused with Maudland Bridge railway station.

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.^[1] The line and the station opened on 15 July 1840.^[2] The line crossed the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (L&PJR) on the level, immediately to the west of the station.^[3]

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 for several decades before its eventual closure and demolition.

Later the site was used for a goods station on the Longridge Branch Line which connected from the east. The site is now occupied by the University of Central Lancashire’s Roeburn Hall.

UCLan's Roeburn Hall is on the site of the former station

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. ^ 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
2. ^ Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) Lost Railways of Lancashire, Countryside Books, Newbury, ISBN 1 85306 801 2, p.36
3. ^ Greville, M.D. and Holt, G.O. (1960) "Railway Development in Preston—I"PDF (2.68 MiB), Railway Magazine, vol. 106, Feb. 1960 no. 706, p.96

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