Preston train station

Preston is a major interchange: 152 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Blackpool North, with 148 trains a day.

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Address: Fishergate, Preston, PR1 8AP

Preston is the nearest station for postcodes in PR1, PR0, PR2, PR11. Check your own postcode.

152 direct destinations
95th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
1,001 parking spaces
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Preston

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Blackpool North	148	145	67
Poulton-le-Fylde	146	145	66
Kirkham and Wesham	139	140	56
Manchester Piccadilly	138	135	61
Manchester Airport	136	133	60
Manchester Oxford Road	135	133	67
Lancaster	134	131	90
Bolton	125	130	63
Wigan North Western	109	106	76
Leyland	107	106	40
Carlisle	102	97	75
Chorley	101	102	42
Deansgate	99	99	24
Oxenholme Lake District	89	88	68
Horwich Parkway	77	76	24
Buckshaw Parkway	74	73	24
Blackburn	73	73	41
Salford Crescent	73	73	24
Accrington	71	71	41
London Euston	71	63	55
Lostock	71	70	24
Penrith (North Lakes)	67	69	57
Glasgow Central	64	61	47
Warrington Bank Quay	64	61	51
Lockerbie	50	46	37
Adlington	48	48	23
Blackrod	48	48	24
Motherwell	45	44	45
Crewe	44	69	59
Liverpool Lime Street	44	44	24
St Helens Central	44	44	24
Layton	42	42	23
Bamber Bridge	41	41	15
Lostock Hall	41	41	15
Mill Hill	41	41	14
Cherry Tree	38	38	14
Pleasington	38	38	14
Heald Green	37	36	33
Burnley Central	36	36	15
Brierfield	36	36	15

and 112 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Preston

Preston is on the West Coast Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Preston station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Preston station on 412 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 79 paths on the Wednesday, 52 paths on the Saturday and 11 paths on the Sunday. 78 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Tuesday, with 12 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Preston station is

5,356,076 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 95th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,228,102 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Preston and London Euston than any other pair: 554,062 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.