Lea Road railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Lea Road
manager = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
locale = Lea Road, Preston
borough = Preston
platforms = 2


caption =
line = Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
latitude = 53.7753 | longitude = -2.7700
gridref =
years = 1840| events = Opened
years1 = 2 May 1938
events1 = Closed

Lea Road railway station was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire. It opened soon after the line opened in 1840, and closed on 2 May 1938 (Biddle, p.56; Welch, p.23).

No obvious remains of the station exist; a wasteground and "The Cotty Brook" public house are to one side, and a private housing development is on the other. The former entrances can be identified through the different style bricks used to stop-up the tunnels adjacent to the footpath.

Lea is pronounced "Leah" (IPAEng|lɪə).

References

* Biddle, G. (1989) "The Railways Around Preston—A Historical Review", Scenes from the Past: No. 6, Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-05-3
* Welch, M.S. (2004) "Lancashire Steam Finale", Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, ISBN 1 870754 61 1

rail line one to two type 2
previous=Salwick
next1=stnlnk|Maudlands
until 1844, and excursions
next2=Preston
from 1844
route=Preston and Wyre
Joint Railway
col=964B00
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