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Farington railway station served Farington, south of Preston in Lancashire, England. ==History== The station opened on 31 October 1838 under the ownership of the North Union Railway, and was originally named ''Farrington''. In October 1857 it was renamed ''Farington''. It became a junction in 1846 when the ''Blackburn and Preston Railway'' opened its line from , which joined the main line a short distance to the south. This link only survived in regular use for four years however, as a dispute between the B&PR's successor the East Lancashire Railway and the NUR over access to the main line to and the sizeable tolls the ELR had to pay to use it led to the latter company building its own independent route into the city. Thereafter original B&PR link fell into disuse and was severed (though it eventually reopened in 1886 with the main line junction altered to face south), whilst the station reverted to a purely local role, served by stopping trains between and Preston on the main line. This was quadrupled at the end of the 19th century and the station expanded to four platforms as a consequence. Farington station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 7 March 1960, (before the Beeching Axe of 1963) and was subsequently demolished. West Coast Main Line trains run through Farington and still carry many inter-city and semi-local services and the East Lancashire Line crosses over the line close by. Lostock Hall railway station (on the East Lancashire Line) and Leyland railway station (on the West Coast Main Line) are the nearest stops to the village. File:Farington 2 railway station 2059928 fa05b82f.jpg|Farington Station remains, view northward 1959, File:Farington 1 railway station 2061947 ec3b8f06.jpg|Farington Station remains, with trainspotter 1959 File:Farington 4 railway geograph-2160175.jpg|Return holiday express at Farington in 1959 File:Farington 3 junction 2104727 c2a6405e.jpg|Farington Junction in 1962 Image:Farington railway station in 1992.jpg|Site of Farington railway station 1992 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Farington railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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