Trains to Lostock Hall - Station Details and further Information on Lostock Hall Train Services
Lostock Hall train station is 3 miles south of Preston. It is on the East Lancashire Line and is managed by Northern Rail, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.
It is sited close to what was once a large rail junction linking Lancashire services from Preston and Blackburn with destinations across the county and beyond. Following severe cut-backs in the 1960s, lines from Preston through Walton-Le-Dale and Farington/Leyland were closed and the rails lifted. The original Lostock Hall Motive Power Depot was closed in 1968 and subsequently demolished. Many rumours state that this site was once home to the original Lostock Hall station, but this is not true.
After a considerable interval of time, local pressure led to the building of a new but modest two-platform stop (opened in 1984). This was situated on the other side of a road bridge away from the original station. There is no ticket office or clock.
Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Lostock Hall towards Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Blackburn, Burnley and Colne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays. |