Preston Deepdale Street
General information
Location	Deepdale, Preston,Preston England
Coordinates	53°45′51″N2°41′24″W / 53.7643°N 2.6900°W /53.7643; -2.6900
Grid reference	SD546299
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Preston and Longridge Railway
Key dates
1 May 1840 (1840-05-01)	Station opened
1 November 1856 (1856-11-01)	Station closed
Location Preston Deepdale Street Location inPreston,Lancashire Show map of Preston Preston Deepdale Street Location in present-dayLancashire, England Show map of Lancashire

Deepdale Street railway station was the originalPreston terminus of thePreston and Longridge Railway inLancashire, England, when it first opened in 1840. It was located in Deepdale Street, off Deepdale Road, on what was then the outskirts of Preston. The rail line was originally designed to carry quarried stone fromLongridge to Preston, so the passenger facilities were quite rudimentary and there were many sidings near the station for unloading stone.

In 1856, passenger services were diverted to a new line viaDeepdale Bridge and Miley Tunnel to a new terminus atMaudland Bridge. Deepdale Street was closed to passengers but continued to be used for goods, even long after the rest of the line had closed. The railway served a coal depot in Deepdale Street, which remained open until the 1990s.

Tracks connecting Deepdale Street to theWest Coast Main Line via Miley Tunnel still exist although they are now rusty and overgrown.

• Suggitt, G. (2003, revised 2004)Lost Railways of Lancashire,Countryside Books, Newbury,ISBN 1-85306-801-2, pp. 49–53.
• Till, J.M. (1993)A History of Longridge and its People,Carnegie Publishing, Preston,ISBN 0-948789-92-1

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