Ribbleton railway station

Infobox UK disused station| name = Fulwood / Ribbleton| manager = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/London and North Western Railway| locale = Gamull Lane, Ribbleton| borough = Preston| platforms = 1 |

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| caption = The former station building in 2007| line = Preston and Longridge Railway| owner = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
latitude = 53.7827 | longitude = -2.6586 | gridref =
years = 1854| events = Opened as "Gammer Lane"| years1 = 1856| events1 = Renamed "Fulwood"| years2 = 1900| events2 = Renamed "Ribbleton"| years5 = 31 May 1930| events5 = Closed
years6 = 1980| events6 = Line closed; tracks and bridge removed|

Ribbleton railway station was on the Preston and Longridge Railway in Ribbleton, a suburb of Preston, Lancashire.

When the station opened in 1854 it was at first called Gammer Lane [Suggitt, p.50; Biddle, pl.43] (which appears to be a misspelling of Gamull Lane, on which the station was located). Two years later, the line was bought by the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway and the station was renamed Fulwood Station.

Between 1863 and 1866 there was another short-lived station called "Ribbleton", closer to Preston. It was not until 1900 that Fulwood Station was finally renamed Ribbleton Station. The station closed to passengers, along with the line, in 1930. The line through the station continued to be used for goods trains until 1980. After closure the Gamull Lane bridge over the line was removed. The station building still stands, as a private house with the former trackbed through its garden. The route on either side is now a combined cycle path and footpath.

Notes

References

* Biddle, G. (1989) "The Railways Around Preston—A Historical Review", Scenes from the past, 6, Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-05-3
* Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004) "Lost Railways of Lancashire", [http://www.countrysidebooks.co.uk Countryside Books, Newbury] , ISBN 1 85306 801 2, pp.50, 51 & 55.
* Potter, T. (1993), "Reflections on Preston", Sigma Leisure, Wilmslow, ISBN 1-85058-387-0, p.46.
* " [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/remade/sites/preston_to_longridge.asp Preston to Longridge Disused Railway] ", Lancashire County Council website, accessed 15 June 2007

External links

* " [http://www.prestonstation.org.uk Preston Station Past and Present] " — page specifically covering the Longridge Line

rail line two to one
previous1=stnlnk|Deepdale Street
Terminus
previous2=stnlnk|Deepdale
towards stnlnk|Preston
next=stnlnk|Grimsargh
towards stnlnk|Longridge
route1=Preston and Longridge Railway
until 1856
route2=L&YR / L&NWR joint Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway from 1856
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