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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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On the GNR Leeds - King Cross main line only a few miles out of Leeds centre it opened in 1860 and closed 1953.

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Originally this dark and insalubrious looking tunnel beneath the station had been for vehicular access to the goods yard at the station’s front and it also it provided a pedestrian access up until the early 2000s to steps up to the station approach,…

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On the 'short line' from Bradford to Leeds Central Station opened in 1854 by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway which was acquired by the GNR in 1865. The station closed in 1966 and the buildings were demolished; a new station with bus…

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On the GNR ‘short line’ from Leeds Central to Bradford the station opened with the line in 1854. To the west of the station there was the junction with the Pudsey loop line which had opened in 1893 and closed in 1965. Bramley station closed in 1966…

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Pre-Grouping in 1923 this was the GNR Goods Station in Bradford then becoming the LNER's.

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On the GNR line between Keighley and Queensbury where it connected with lines to Bradford and Halifax. The station opened with the line in 1884 and closed in 1955 at the same time as the line closed to passenger traffic, closing to all traffic in…

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On the GNR line between Keighley and Queensbury where it connected with lines to Bradford and Halifax. The station opened with the line in 1884 and closed in 1955 at the same time as the line closed to passenger traffic, closing to all traffic in…

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An intermediate station on the GNR’s loop line from Laisterdyke to Shipley which had opened in 1875. The station here opened at the same but closing to passengers in 1931 and to goods in 1964 and the line finally closed over its whole length in1968.

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The high level access was built in the mid-1880s when the station was considerably enlarged including sidings, lines and platforms to the front of the station now, as seen here, car parking and access road to Eureka Children’s Museum. To the right a…

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LYRS 2691 - An extract from an 1873 lithograph giving a rare view of the 1855 Station before it was extensively enlarged and modified in the mid-1880s. Access to the Station was by a curving carriage drive which is just discernible here turning down…

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View of the town from Beacon Hill with the railway goods and coal yard centre and the high level station approach and station centre left.

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View from Beacon Hill with the railway goods and coal yard in the centre.

Photo David N Taylor Collection.

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LYRS 3462n - C.1927. Halifax St Paul's Coal Depot - general view of depot including track, wagons and buildings. The joint L&YR and GNR line opened in 1890 from a junction at Holmfield on the Halifax - Queensbury line up to a terminus station known…

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LYRS 3572 - Wheatley Viaduct, tunnel & goods yard in a panoramic view. The joint L&YR and GNR line opened in 1890 from a junction at Holmfield on the Halifax - Queensbury line up to a terminus station known as St Pauls on Parkinson Lane near King…

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LYRS 3831b - General view of station, unusual signal box and goods yard looking south. The station opened for goods traffic in 1874 when the line to Holmfield was constructed and for passengers in 1880 and closed to them in 1955 when the Queensbury…

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The arrival of the Prince of Wales for the opening of the Town Hall in August 1863. A rare image of the 1855 station with the original curving carriage drive from opposite the bottom of Horton Strret to a central portico. When the station was…

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The former GNR Platforms 4, 5 and 6 to the front of the 1855 Italian style station building. These platforms were built in 1884/6 when the station was substantially enlarged to accommodate increased passenger and freight traffic including the new…

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The high level access road built in the mid-1880s when platforms and lines were constructed to the front of the original 1855 Italian style station building here on the right.

The station was operated jointly by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway…

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LYRS 2692 - Halifax Station approach. To the right the top of the Italian style station building which opened in 1855 and to the front of that the canopies on the GNR platforms. Two platforms behind the building, still with canopies, remain in use. …

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LYRS 2695 - Halifax Station Approach - general view. With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the 1880s a new large entrance and facilities building was built on a higher level accessed by the…

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LYRS 2696 - Halifax Station approach c.1920. To the left the L&YR Booking Office and to the right the GNR's.

With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the 1880s a new large entrance and…

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HCC00489. The high level approach road built in the mid-1880s when platforms and sidings were constructed to the front of the 1855 Italian style station building.

The station was operated jointly by the London & Lancashire Railway and the Great…

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On the left part of Eureka Children’s Museum but this and all the grassed area seen here had been lines and platforms built in the mid-1880s for use by the GNR. To the right is the handsome Italian style station building dating from 1855 but now used…

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The newer stonework in the bridge parapet above the centre pillar blocks off what had been the top of steps down to the to the island Platforms 5 & 6 to the front of the station building.
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