Editing Preston, Lancashire (section)

==== Current routes and operators ====
As at May 2022 the station is serviced by the following rail operators providing passenger services on the following routes:

* Avanti West Coast: provides regular services between:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/where-we-go/our-routes/our-route-map |title=Avanti West Coast Network |publisher=Avanti West Coast |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
** [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] and [[Blackpool North railway station|Blackpool]] via [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]] or [[Nuneaton railway station|Nuneaton]]
** London Euston and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]] via Birmingham
** London Euston and [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow]] via Birmingham or Nuneaton
* [[Caledonian Sleeper]]: an overnight [[Sleeping car|sleeper service]] operating between London to Scotland; only the ''Highland Sleeper'' stops at Preston (the ''Lowland Sleeper'' is express to and from [[Carlisle]]). Northbound services operates from Euston station in London to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Waverley station]] in Edinburgh, where the train divides into three different trains for the final destinations of [[Aberdeen railway station|Aberdeen]], [[Fort William railway station|Fort William]] and [[Inverness railway station|Inverness]]. Southbound services are the reverse, whereby the three trains come together at Edinburgh and continue south to London as one.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
* [[Northern Trains]]: provides regular services to many destinations in the North including:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/network-map |title=Rail Network Map |publisher=Northern |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
** [[Blackpool North railway station|Blackpool North]] via [[Poulton-le-Fylde railway station|Poulton-le-Fylde]]
** [[Blackpool South railway station|Blackpool South]] via [[Lytham railway station|Lytham]]
** [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]] via [[Barrow-in-Furness railway station|Barrow in Furness]]
** [[Colne railway station|Colne]] via [[Blackburn railway station|Blackburn]], [[Burnley Central railway station|Burnley Central]]
** [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]]) via [[Wigan North Western railway station|Wigan]]
** [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] or [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]] via [[Bolton railway station|Bolton]]
** [[Morecambe railway station|Morecambe]] via [[Lancaster railway station|Lancaster]]
** [[Ormskirk railway station|Ormskirk]] via [[Croston railway station|Croston]]
** [[Windermere railway station|Windermere]] via [[Kendall railway station|Kendal]]
** [[York railway station]] via [[Blackburn railway station|Blackburn]], [[Hebden Bridge railway station|Hebden Bridge]], [[Bradford Interchange]], [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]
** [[TransPennine Express]]: provides regular services between:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travelling-with-us/routes |title=Routes |publisher=TransPennine Express |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
** [[Manchester Airport railway station|Manchester Airport]] and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh]] via [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]]
** Manchester Airport and [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow]] via Carlisle