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Location notes
In Lostock Hall village, a couple of a miles south from Preston. The bridge is at Lostock Hall Junction where the lines connecting the West Coast Mainline from the north (Farrington Curve Junction) and the south (Farrington Junction) connect.
Railway type and traffic
The majority of the traffic is Northern Rail Units going to various locations
The line does see quite regular freight, morning tank trains to and from Preston Docks, evening engineering trains run by DRS and Colas runs log trains from Carlisle on Fridays & Saturdays.
The line is a connection to the Settle & Carlisle line so has regular charter trains and steam locomotives workings.
The line does see quite regular freight, morning tank trains to and from Preston Docks, evening engineering trains run by DRS and Colas runs log trains from Carlisle on Fridays & Saturdays.
The line is a connection to the Settle & Carlisle line so has regular charter trains and steam locomotives workings.
Environment
Quiet road bridge in a populated, reasonably nice area.
Road directions
From the M6 exit 31A:
Take the 3rd exit from the roundabout and continue on the A6. At the next roundabout go straight ahead and look for the turning on your right on to Todd Lane continue up the road and you will see the bridge.
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Todd Lane, Lostock Hall map co-ordinates
Take the 3rd exit from the roundabout and continue on the A6. At the next roundabout go straight ahead and look for the turning on your right on to Todd Lane continue up the road and you will see the bridge.
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Todd Lane, Lostock Hall map co-ordinates
Parking
A quiet populated area, should be perfectly fine to leave you car parked on one of the streets nearby.
Public transport
Preston Bus run service 114 which does pass through Lostock Hall, but being out of Preston standard Preston Bus fares don't apply. Lostock Hall railway station is a 5 minute walk away from the bridge.
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Amenities
There are a couple of chip shops/fast food outlets and small shops in the nearby Lostock Hall village.
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Todd Lane, Lostock Hall
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Photographic notes
The line runs east to west, so light will be good for east bound trains in the morning, and westbound in the evenings. The lane is reasonably quiet but occasional passing cars may disturb videos.
General views - All photographs © Michael David Stuart unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
Fig 2 - Looking west
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
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