Lea Road railway station

{{Short description|Disused station in Lancashire, England}}

{{for|the railway station in Lincolnshire|Gainsborough Lea Road railway station}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Lea Road

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Lea Road, Preston, City of Preston

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.7753|-2.7674|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SD49553127|25|SD49553127}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Preston and Wyre Joint Railway

| pregroup = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = {{Start date|1842|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = 2 May 1938

| events1 = Closed

}}

{{GBoldmap|53.7753|-2.7674|SD|4955|3127|Lea Road Station|MARIO 10000=(1848)|MARIO 2500=(1892)|NPE Maps=(1947)|Vision of Britain=y|Old OS Maps=(estimated 1925 to 1945)|coord_type=railwaystation}}

Lea Road railway station ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|ə}} {{respell|LEE|ə}}) was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1842,{{Butt-Stations}} p.140 and closed on 2 May 1938.Biddle, G. (1989) The Railways Around Preston—A Historical Review, Scenes from the Past: No. 6, Foxline Publishing, {{ISBN|1-870119-05-3}}, p.56Welch, M.S. (2004) Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast Publishing, Cheltenham, {{ISBN|1-870754-61-1}}, p.23

Lea Road was located adjacent to the site of the proposed Cottam railway station.[https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/news/details/?Id=PR20/0340 Progress being made with plans for Cottam railway station] Lancashire County Council]{{cite web|url=https://council.lancashire.gov.uk/documents/s174937/Report.pdf|website=Council.lancashire.gov.uk|format=PDF| title=Report to the Cabinet Meeting to be held on Thursday, 3 December 2020 Report of the Head of Service - Planning and Environment Lancashire County Council|date=3 December 2020|access-date=10 October 2021}}

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line one to two

|previous=Salwick

|next1={{stnlnk|Maudlands}}
until 1844, and excursions

|next2=Preston
from 1844

|route=Preston and Wyre
Joint Railway

|col={{PWY colour}} }}

{{s-end}}