An 1850s engraving of the railway entering Preston Pic: Preston Digital Archive Preston’s first railway entered the town in October 1838. There was much c
Preston’s first railway entered the town in October 1838. There was much celebration as the journey time from Preston to Wigan was reduced to half an hour compared to three hours by stagecoach. The railway mania of the mid-19th century led to some short-lived railway companies. The Wigan and Preston Junction Railway was soon absorbed into the North Union Railway. Preston had been growing rapidly and was now connected to London and Birmingham as well as Manchester.
“At Preston station, was one of the most dismal, dilapidated, disgraceful looking structures in Christendom. It was not only very ill-looking but an exceedingly inconvenient and dangerous station”. Even by the 1860s locomotives were relatively small and underpowered. There was also very little protection for the driver and fireman. As Hewitson wrote:
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