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Preston Fishergate Hill was a railway station at the bottom of Fishergate Hill in Preston. It formed the northeastern terminus of the West Lancashire Railway which built a direct railway link between Southport and Preston. The station was also known as Preston West Lancashire Station.
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Cottam Parkway is a proposed railway station to the west of Preston, England.
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- Lost Railways of Lancashire by Gordon Suggitt ( ISBN 1-85306-801-2)
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