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Lostock Hall

CRS Code LOH
Collected date 08/09/14

Lostock Hall sign

Lostock Hall is a small rural station, the first on the branch line from Preston to Colne. Entrance to the station is from the road bridge which crosses the tracks:

Lostock Hall platform 2 entrance

Reality and National Rail seem to differ on which platform is which on this line. As labelled at the station, platform 2 is the eastbound platform, reached down steps from the road:

Lostock Hall platform 2 shelter

Platform 2 also has a ramped entrance/exit to the car park:

Lostock Hall car park entrance

Looking east along the line from the end of platform 2:

Lostock Hall looking east

Both platforms at Lostock Hall have been decorated with hand-painted old-style totems:

Lostock Hall old style sign

On platform 2 looking west along both platforms:

Lostock Hall platforms looking west

Crossing the line via the road bridge, we look east at both platforms:

Lostock Hall looking east from bridge

Looking west along the line from the same bridge:

Lostock Hall looking west from bridge

Platform 1's entry is via a footpath from the road:

Lostock Hall platform 1 entrance

Platform 1 seen from platform 2:

Lostock Hall platform 1

Looking west along the line:

Lostock Hall looking west

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