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Cherry Tree Junction to Preston No.4

Stations are indicated by an ‘#’ symbol prior to the place name. Signal boxes are indicated by numbers in the left hand column. Location names are as shown in the 1960 Sectional Appendix and may be different from the station name.

Section of Line	Opened	Closed	Notes
[Blackburn] Cherry Tree Junction to Bamber Bridge Junction [Farington Junction]	01.06.1846 (P)
[Blackburn] Cherry Tree Junction to Bamber Bridge Junction [Farington Junction]	01.06.1847 (G)
Bamber Bridge Junction to Preston	02.09.1850 (P)
Bamber Bridge Junction to Preston	00.00.1850 (G)
Preston N. 4 to Preston East Lancs		04.09.1972

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
	Junctions and other features	Up	Down	Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
Maximum permissible speed 75 m.p.h.
1		–	↓	Cherry Tree Junction	–
				# Pleasington Station (Map)
				Hoghton Tower			c. 10 1848
2		↑	↓	# Hoghton Station (Map)	3m 226yds	DRS 40	c. 12.09.1960
3		↑	↓	Gregson Lane	1m 108yds
4		↑	↓	Hospital Crossing	0m 1690yds
5		↑	↓	# Bamber Bridge Station (Map)	0m 1583yds
6		↑	↓	Bamber Bridge Junction	0m 472yds
7		↑↑	↓↓	Brownedge Crossing	0m 421yds
8		↑	↓	# Todd Lane Junction (Map)	0m 726yds		c. 07.10.1968
9		↑	↓	Whitehouse South Junction	0m 1734yds
10		↑	↓	Whitehouse North Junction	0m 748yds
11		↑	↓	E.L. Goods Yard	0m 805yds
12		↑↑↑	↓	Preston No. 3 (No 10 Platform line not controlled by No. 3 box)	0m 236yds
13		↑↑	–	Preston No. 4	0m 427yds

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