Trains to Long Preston - Station Details and further Information on Long Preston Train Services
Long Preston train station serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire, England. The station is 37.5 miles north west of Leeds on the Leeds to Morecambe Line and is managed by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
It is the last station before the Settle-Carlisle Line and the Leeds to Morecambe Line diverge at Settle Junction to the north of the village. Facilities at the station are somewhat basic - the original wooden station buildings were all demolished in the early 1970s and there are now just simple waiting shelters on each platform. It is unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets on the train.
The station was opened on 30 July 1849 by the "little" North Western Railway, later taken over by the Midland Railway. Generally there is a train every two hours from Long Preston southbound towards Leeds (nine departures per day in total) and northbound all services from Leeds to Lancaster and Morecambe (five per day) stop there, along with three Leeds to Carlisle trains. There is also one train per day that runs north only as far as Ribblehead, and one Morecambe train continues to Heysham. On Sundays, only Leeds - Morecambe trains stop at Long Preston (four each way in the summer months, dropping to two in the winter). |
