Preston Park railway station spur tracks which run from Preston Park through a tunnel to . The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened a new station named "Preston", on 1 November 1869 to serve the growing parish of Preston, then north of the Brighton boundary. The station was enlarged and remodelled to its present design in 1879 during the construction of the Cliftonville Curve spur line from the main line to Hove and the West Sussex coast line. The station was then renamed "Preston Park" although the nearby Preston Park did not exist until 1883. In 1881 the railway murderer Percy Lefroy Mapleton
Transport in Preston sold to Rotala. Blackburn Bus Company operates services to Preston from Skipton, Clitheroe and Blackburn. Preston Bus Station is a stop for longer distance services operated by National Express, Megabus, Eurolines and Stagecoach Express. Preston has its own Park & Ride, operated by Preston Bus. There are two sites, Portway, in the Docklands area west of the city centre; and Walton-le-Dale off the A6 south-east of the city; both are served by route 1 via the city centre. Preston bus Station claims to be one of the biggest in Europe - with 80 stands. In recent years it has been