Diggle Station. LNWR Huddersfield – Manchester Line - DNT00284
Bridge, Bridges, Canopies, Diggle Station, Gas Lamp, Goods Wagons, Houses, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, LNWR, Lamp, London & North Western Railway, Passenger Train, Platform, Railway, Railway Sidings, Railway station, Sidings, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Steam engine, Steam loco, Train, Tunnel Portal
One of several stations in the civil parish of Saddleworth which, although on the western slopes of the South Pennines, was in the West Riding of Yorkshire up until local government re-organisation in 1974 when it passed to Greater Manchester.
The station had opened with the line in 1849 at the western end of the 3 miles 57 yards (4880 metres) Standedge Tunnels, a canal tunnel and a single bore railway tunnel at the time. The station was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here in BR days and in the background are the western portals of the two single bore railway tunnels, the Nicholson Tunnel (1848) on the left and the Nelson Tunnel (1871) on the right, the 1894 double bore tunnel is hidden from sight by the steam hauled train at the station.
Seen here at an unknown date between nationalisation in 1948 and the line reverting to double track in the mid1960s. On the right a rake of goods wagons in a siding. The station was closed in 1968; there have been unsuccessful campaigns to have it re-opened.
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Horton Junction, Bradford - DNT00228
Bradford, Bridges, Embankment, GNR, Great Northern Railway, Houses, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole, Train
A passenger service approaching Bradford on the GNR’s Queensbury line with the branch to City Roads Goods which had opened in 1876 joining on the right. Horton Park Station is just visible beyond the last carriage, this had opened in 1880 and was closed in 1952. The junction and the City Road Branch were closed in 1972.
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Bradford Exchange Station - DNT00220
Bradford, Bridges, Exchange Station, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Signal Gantry, Signals, Station, Train Shed
Looking out from the double vaulted train shed along the tracks which carried all of the terminus stations passenger traffic. As a result of line and station closures in the mid-1960s the traffic was considerably reduced and the station was demolished in 1972 and replaced some 50 metres to the south with an integrated bus/rail interchange. The main services today are between Leeds and Manchester Victoria with York and Blackpool North plus a Grand Central London service.
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Bradford Forster Square Station 1984 - DNT00218
Bradford, Bridges, Canopies, DMU, Forster Square, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Signage
In the 1960s the Victorian glazed roof was dismantled and replaced with the butterfly awnings seen here and about the same time services from the station were drastically reduced following closure of lines and stations. In 1990 a new truncated station was built a little to the west of the old Midland Station which was demolished.
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Wilsden Station - DNT00211
Bridges, GNR, Gas Lamp, Great Nothern Railway, Keighley, Places, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
On the GNR line between Keighley and Queensbury where it connected with lines to Bradford and Halifax. The station opened in 1886, two years after the line, and closed in 1955 at the same time as the line closed to passenger traffic, closing to all traffic in 1963. The station was two miles from the village it served.
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Baildon Station - DNT00191
Airedale, Baildon, Bridge, Bridges, Footbridge, Gas Lamp, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, People, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Trees
The station seen here in MR days is on the MR’s Shipley – Guiseley line and opened at the same time as the line in 1876 and was closed in 1953 and the buildings subsequently demolished. An unstaffed station was re-opened in 1973 and the line, now electrified but reduced to single track, remains in use for Bradford Forster Square – Ilkley services.
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Bingley Station - DNT00180
Airedale, Bingley, Bridge, Bridges, Canopies, Footbridge, Gas Lamp, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, People, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Telegraph Pole
The station seen here is Bingley’s second station and was opened in 1892 replacing the earlier station which was a little to the west near the Three Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. It remains open.
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Farnley & Wortley Station, Leeds - DNT00164
Bridges, Chimney, Chimneys, Farnley, LNWR, Leeds, London & North Western Railway, Noticeboard, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Wortley
The station on the LNWR Leeds-Huddersfield-Manchester line opened in 1848. In 1882 to overcome congestion on the joint approach to Wellington and New Stations the LNWR built a separate approach, which included the Farnley Viaduct, and the station was re-built on the new approach. The new station seen here in LMS days (1923-1948) was closed in 1952 and nothing remains.
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Ardsley Station - DNT00156
Ardsley, Bridges, Carriages, Chimney, Chimneys, GNR, Gas Lamp, Great Nothern Railway, Leeds, Level Crossing, Passengers, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Signal Gantry, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Staff, Telegraph Pole, Train
An intermediate station on the Bradford, Wakefield & Leeds Railway between Leeds and Wakefield which opened in 1857 and became part of the GNR network in 1865. The station closed in 1964.
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Lofthouse & Outwood Station c.1905 - DNT00155
Bridges, Chimney, Chimneys, GNR, Great Nothern Railway, Leeds, Locomotive, Lofthouse, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Staff, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole
The original station was opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway in 1858, and was originally named Lofthouse. This was renamed Lofthouse and Outwood in July 1865. It closed on 13 June 1960.[1] A different Lofthouse and Outwood station, which was on a different route, opened in 1869 and closed in 1957.
The station was reopened on 12 July 1988.[2]
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Tram Accident at Halifax - DPC00595
Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, Trams, Transport
This happened on the 1st of July 1906, on North Bridge. Tram number 94 went out of control as it travelled down New Bank and overturned on North Bridge. Two people were killed and 12 injured. The driver was dismissed and a strike ensued. By 31st August no tram cars were running and driver's were given notice which expired on Saturday 1st September. On Wednesday 5th September a petition with 13,000 signatures was presented to Halifax town council disapproving of the action of the Tramways Committee.
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North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00570
Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, streets
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist. All of the buildings beyond the end of the bridge are now gone, many of which were cleared away when the ring road was constructed in the 1970s.
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North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00568
Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, streets
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist.
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Elland Bridge - DPC00485
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The view across this bridge is largely unchanged with the exception of the building on the right. The parish church can be seen on the hill top and the road to the town centre is to the left of the bridge.
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North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00305
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