Oxheys railway station

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Oxheys railway station was a single platform station in Preston, Lancashire, England, on what was then the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway [1] [2] The associated signal box was built in the 1920s by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway [3]

It served Oxheys Cattle Market on Brook Street. It was located 793 yards from Preston railway station and closed in 1925. [4]

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References

  1. Map of area KeymapsGB
  2. "Oxheys signal and track plan". LMS Signal diagrams.
  3. Ingham, David. "Preston Signalling". Preston Station - Past & Present.
  4. Western Lines British Railways 1960
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Preston   London and North Western Railway
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
  Barton and Broughton