Farington railway station

Farington
A freight train passing through in 1957
General information
Location	Farington, South Ribble England
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Union Railway
Pre-grouping	NUR
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
31 October 1838	Opened as Farrington
October 1857	Renamed Farington
7 March 1960	Station closes to regular traffic

Farington railway station served the village of Farington, south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.

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and the sizeable tolls the ELR had to pay to use it led to the latter company building its own independent route into the city.

Thereafter, original B&PR link fell into disuse and was severed (though it eventually reopened in 1886 with the main line junction altered to face south), whilst the station reverted to a purely local role, served by stopping trains between Wigan North Western and Preston on the main line. This was quadrupled at the end of the 19th century and the station expanded to four platforms as a consequence.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Preston Line and station open		North Union Railway		Leyland Line and station open

Farington station was closed by the

of 1963, and was subsequently demolished.

crosses over the line close by.

Lostock Hall railway station (on the East Lancashire Line) and Leyland railway station (on the West Coast Main Line) are now the nearest stops to the village.

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  Farington station remains, view northward in 1959
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  Farington station remains, with a trainspotter, in 1959
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  Return holiday express at Farington, in 1959
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  Farington Junction, in 1962
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  Site of Farington railway station, in 1992

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53°43′18″N 2°41′50″W / 53.7217°N 2.6972°W / 53.7217; -2.6972