General information | |||||
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Location | Long Preston, Craven England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°01′00″N 2°15′19″W / 54.0166575°N 2.2551519°W | ||||
Grid reference | SD833579 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LPR | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | "Little" North Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
Key dates | |||||
30 July 1849 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 11,670 | ||||
2019/20 | 13,624 | ||||
2020/21 | 1,678 | ||||
2021/22 | 8,974 | ||||
2022/23 | 14,042 | ||||
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Long Preston is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 37+1⁄2 miles (60 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Heading west, it is the last station before the Bentham Line and Settle and Carlisle Line diverge at Settle Junction, situated to the north of the village.