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
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway compensation to relinquish its use of the line. A struggle ensued between the L&CR and ELR, resulting in the L&CR leasing the line from 1 August 1849. The L&PJR was amalgamated into the L&CR in 1859 and the L&CR was leased to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), which later absorbed it in 1879. Today the line is the part of the West Coast Main Line between Preston and Lancaster. It was electrified by overhead gantry in the early 1970s. The North Union station at Preston is now Preston railway station. The L&CR Lancaster Castle railway station is now