The main artery through which industry, commerce, and people travel in and out of Preston, the city’s historic railway station boasts not only a storied and long past, but an ever-changing face as well.
From its early days when it was far more basic and dealing with but a mere handful of services each day, to the modern iteration which we see today and which caters for over four million passengers a year, the station has evolved hugely.
With that in mind, I travel through the years to revisit Preston Railway Station... this is how it was
33. Heralded as the future of rail travel at the time, the old inter city advanced passenger train was dogged by problems and as a result did not see much service inPreston. This one is pictured in the summer 1984 when it was used for a trial period. Here it is seen leaving Preston railway station for London. Photo by Andrew Grainger, of Preston
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34. Photo Neil Cross; Preston Railway Station, opposite the Fishergate Centre, Preston
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36. Railways of Preston File 17 An unidentified Class 50 enters platform 5 from the south with a down express on 22 May 1971. At this time the station was in the throes of remodelling, and this was the last full year before the catenary began to appear in the station.The array of trolleys on what was the principal northbound platform is vast, but all were needed as Preston handled around 70,000 parcels each day! Passenger traffic, on the other hand, seems sparse in this view. (David Ford)
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