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 and A5085. The B6241 is a circular route around the north of the city via Ashton-on-Ribble, Cottam, Fulwood and Brookfield. Other main roads include the B6243 connecting Preston to Longridge, the B6242 Watling Street Road and B5411 Tag Lane. Preston used to have many railway lines and many stations around the city, but most of these closed, leaving only four: , , and . The latter three only have one hourly train. Preston railway station is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, and also has routes going across North-West England. Preston is the home of the heritage