And in its early days, long before more popular modes of transport, our county had hundreds of stations dotted around the rural areas as well as the cities and towns,.
These pictures wrap up long lost and forgotten scenes of the railways, some which have been lost to the history books whilst others are still cruicial transport links.
They remember the days of steam where people often recall the smell of the smoke as the trains thundered by. Packed platforms and lost scenes of those stations which are long gone. Do you have memories of our railways here in Lancashire?
13. Forgotten Railway Scenes
Here's another picture showing the Bay Horse railway station which was one of the stops on the way north to Lancaster or back down south to Preston. The Bay Horse station closed to passengers in June 1960 and to freight traffic in 1964 | National World
15. Forgotten Railway Scenes
In this image of Todd Lane Junction from 1965 you can see down the steps onto the platform below. The Todd Lane Junction station, until 1952 called Preston Junction, was between Preston and Bamber Bridge and closed to passenger traffic in October 1968, although it was used for freight until 1972 | National World
16. Forgotten Railways Scenes
The opening of the Preston and Wyre Railway meant that three times a day travellers to Blackpool could board a train at Preston, alight at Poulton and take a horse drawn conveyance to the heart of Blackpool. That railway provided two local railway stations - one of which was this one - the Lea Road station, opened in 1842 and closed in early May 1938 | National World
17. Historical Fleetwood
A busy scene outside the Fleetwood railway station on Queens terrace. this picture was loaned by Mrs Childe of Homestead Drive | National World
18. Forgotten Railway Scenes
The Fishergate Hill station of the West Lancashire Railway was situated at the bottom of the hill. These days you can still trace the route and see the stone pillars of the railway line over the river Ribble, but there is little indication that the station itself ever existed. From its opening in 1882, it was until 1900, when the West Lancashire Railway became part of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the passenger terminus for West Lancashire Railway. From then it stayed open mainly for goods traffic until early in 1965, although it was also used during the Preston Guild years as an overspill station for the extra visitors. It was demolished circa 1978 | National World