Coordinates: 53°48′50″N 2°38′13″W / 53.814°N 2.637°W / 53.814; -2.637 The Whittingham Hospital Railway (W.H.R.) was a private light railway operated by Lancashire County Council to serve Whittingham lunatic asylum. Opened in 1889, it carried goods and passengers between Grimsargh on the Preston and Longridge Railway and the hospital grounds. It closed to all traffic in 1957.
Read more about Whittingham Hospital Railway: The Asylum, The Committees, The Construction, Operating The Railway, Decline and Closure, See Also
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