Lancaster railway station (1840–1849)

Location
	Lancaster Location in Lancaster Lancaster Location in the present-day City of Lancaster district Lancaster Location in present-day Lancashire

Lancaster
Lancaster
	The station remains in 2019
General information
Location	Lancaster, City of Lancaster; England
Coordinates	54°02′36″N 2°47′54″W / 54.0433°N 2.7982°W
Grid reference	SD 47818 61132
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Key dates
26 June 1840	Opened
1 August 1849	Closed to passengers
?	closed for goods
Location
Location
	Lancaster Location in Lancaster Lancaster Location in the present-day City of Lancaster district Lancaster Location in present-day Lancashire

The first Lancaster railway station was the northern terminus of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, located in the Greaves area of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It was open from 1840 to 1849, by which time it had been superseded by Lancaster Castle railway station. Some books refer to the station as "Lancaster (Greaves)" or "Lancaster (Penny Street)" to distinguish it from later stations in the city, although whilst open it was known simply as "Lancaster" as there was no other station of that name at the same time.

History

Lancaster station opened on 26 June 1840,^[1] along with the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (L&PJR) between Preston and Lancaster. The building, which also served as the railway company's headquarters, was designed by Edwin Gwyther of Birmingham.^[2] It was located near the modern-day junction between South Road and Ashton Road, just south of the Lancaster Canal and the southern end of Penny Street.

The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (L&CR) opened its own Lancaster Castle railway station on 22 September 1846.^[1] Its line joined the L&PJR line a short distance south of Lancaster. On 1 August 1849, the L&CR leased the L&PJR line, on which date Lancaster station was closed to passengers.^[1]

Most of the spur line leading towards the station continued to be used to access a goods station until the mid-20th century. The station building survives today as a nurses' home for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

A section of the platform still remains visible today, the track bed is now a car park for the hospital.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway		Galgate

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ ^a ^b Nurses' Home, Lancaster, British Listed Buildings, retrieved 19 November 2011

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[Butt138-1] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[BLB-2] Nurses' Home, Lancaster, British Listed Buildings, retrieved 19 November 2011

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Copy Pit line	Holme Towneley
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Furness & Midland Railway	Melling Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale Borwick
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Lancaster & Preston Railway	Lancaster (1840–49) Galgate Bay Horse Scorton Garstang and Catterall Brock Roebuck Barton and Broughton Oxheys Maxwell House
Garstang & Knot-End Railway	Knott End-on-Sea Preesall Carr Lane Halt Pilling Garstang Road Halt Cockerham Cross Halt Cogie Hill Halt Nateby Garstang Town Garstang and Catterall
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Lancaster & Carlisle Railway	Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe Poulton Lane Morecambe Euston Road Kirkby Lonsdale
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North Union Railway	Farington Euxton (L&NW) Balshaw Lane and Euxton Coppull Rawlinson Bridge
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SCLER	Mossbridge Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate
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