Fulwood / Ribbleton
The former station building in 2007
General information
Location	Gamull Lane, Ribbleton,Preston England
Coordinates	53°46′58″N2°39′31″W / 53.7827°N 2.6587°W /53.7827; -2.6587
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Preston and Longridge Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway/London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1854	Opened asGammer Lane
1856	RenamedFulwood
1900	RenamedRibbleton
31 May 1930	Closed
1980	Line closed; tracks and bridge removed
Location Fulwood / Ribbleton Location inPreston,Lancashire Show map of Preston Fulwood / Ribbleton Location in present-dayLancashire, England Show map of Lancashire

Ribbleton railway station was on thePreston and Longridge Railway inRibbleton, a suburb ofPreston, Lancashire, England.

When the station opened in 1854 it was at first calledGammer Lane^[1] (which appears to be a misspelling of Gamull Lane, on which the station was located). Two years later, the line was bought by theFleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway and the station was renamedFulwood Station.

Between 1863 and 1866 there was another short-lived station calledRibbleton, closer to Preston. It was not until 1900 that Fulwood Station was finally renamed Ribbleton Station. The station closed to passengers services in 1930.

The line through the station continued to be used for goods trains to and fromCourtaulds Red Scar Works until 1980. After closure the Gamull Lane bridge over the line was removed. The route on either side is now a combined cycle path and footpath. The station building still stands, and was a private house with the former trackbed through its garden until 2021 when it was bought by Preston Trampower, intending to use it as their headquarters.^[2]

• 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,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.
• Preston to Longridge Disused Railway, Lancashire County Council website, accessed 15 June 2007

• Preston Station Past and Present — page specifically covering the Longridge Line

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