Preston train station

Preston is a major interchange: 151 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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• 151 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.

and 111 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 408 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 77 paths on the Wednesday, 51 paths on the Saturday and 12 paths on the Sunday. 75 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 21 September 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.

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.

Changing from 24 March 2027

From 24 March 2027, Preston gains 1 destination including Northampton.

Nearest other stations

• Lostock Hall 2.3 miles
• Bamber Bridge 2.7 miles
• Leyland 4.0 miles
• Salwick 4.9 miles
• Buckshaw Parkway 6.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Preston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Maxwell House · 0.2 miles
• Preston Fishergate Hill · 0.3 miles
• Strand Road Crossing · 0.4 miles
• Maudlands · 0.5 miles
• Maudland Bridge · 0.5 miles
• Deepdale Street · 0.9 miles

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Facilities at Preston station

Preston is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:45 to 22:00 · Saturday: 04:45 to 21:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 22:00

Toilets · Waiting room

Parking at Preston station

• Preston Multi-Storey Car Park 1,001 spaces, 18 accessible
  £12.50 a day

Cycle parking: 246 spaces (sheltered, compounds).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 28 July 2026.

Getting to Preston station

Preston station is in Preston, North West, and is run by Avanti West Coast.

The nearest motorway junction is M6 J30 (Blacow Bridge), 2.6 miles south-east.

5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Preston station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from