Delph Station. LNWR Delph Branch - DNT00287
Branch Line, Chimney, Chimneys, Delph Station, Gas Lamp, Goods Wagons, Houses, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, LNWR, London & North Western Railway, Mill, Platform, Railway, Railway Sidings, Railway station, Sidings, Station Building, Station Platform, Trees
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 branch to Delph left the Huddersfield – Manchester line south of Saddleworth Station. It had opened in 1851 and was closed in 1955 to passenger traffic but it continued to handle freight until 1963. The station building was converted into a private house.
Seen here at an unknown date but seemingly prior to withdrawal of passenger traffic in 1955 with a rake of goods wagons on a siding to the front of the passenger platform.
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Greenfield Station. LNWR Huddersfield – Manchester Line - DNT00286
Bridge, Canopies, Chimneys, Goods Shed, Goods Wagons, Greenfield Station, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, LNWR, London & North Western Railway, Passengers, Platform, Railway, Railway Signals, Railway station, Road Overbridge, Sidings, Signal Gantry, Signals, Station Building, Station Platform
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. It is the only one of those stations to have survived the Beeching axe in 1968.
The station, seen here in 1954 looking in the Huddersfield direction, opened with the line in 1849. It was unaffected by the widening of the line in the mid-1890s as there wasn’t enough room alongside the existing double tracks and instead a loop line, the Micklehurst Loop, was built by the LNWR between Diggle and Stalybridge with its own intermediate stations.
As mentioned the station survived the Beeching axe but lost its buildings and passenger facilities until a new ticket office, waiting areas, toilets were opened in Spring 2009 with step-free access to the Manchester-bound platform but the Huddersfield-bound one can only be reached by a footbridge.
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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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Marsden Station, LNWR Huddersfied – Manchester Line - DNT00283
Canopies, Crossover Line, Foot Crossing, Houses, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, LNWR, London & North Western Railway, Marsden Station, Passenger Train, Passengers, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Sidings, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Steam engine, Steam loco, Train
Marsden Station like other stations on the LNWR’s Huddersfield Manchester line along the Colne Valley opened with the line in 1849. It was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here at an unknown date with a weed ridden island platform and a train headed by a grimy steam loco, seemingly with a BR number, pulling into the Huddersfield direction platform on the slow lines.
The line reverted to double track in the mid-1960s but the station escaped the Beeching axe in 1968 although the buildings were demolished and later replaced with bus stop style shelters.
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Kirkburton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00275
Branch Line, Chimneys, Crossover Line, Gas Lamp, Goods Wagons, Goods Yard, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, Kirkburton, Kirkburton Branch, LNWR, Lamp, London & North Western Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Sidings, Station Building, Telegraph Pole
Kirkburton Station was the terminus of the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch and opened with the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half share in the Huddersfield Corporation’s bus service. The line remained open for goods traffic until 1965 when it closed fully.
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Mytholmroyd from Scout Road - PNH01563
Building, Chimney, Chimneys, General View, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Mill, Mills, Mytholmroyd Station, Railway, Railway Sidings, Railways, Scout Road, Sidings, Sorting Sidings, St Michael's Church, Street Names
The sorting sidings c.1950. Constructed in 1919 they were used to divide coal trains from the Yorkshire coalfields between those for the Manchester direction and those for the Burnley and north west. They operated 24 hours a day until closure in January 1964. Including the signal box they had employed 33 shift workers.
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Halifax Station High Level Access Bridge - DNT00248
Car park, Cars, GNR, Great Northern Railway, Halifax, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Road, Sidings, Station, Station Approach, Transport
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 flight of stone steps can be seen and up until about 2000 they went down to below the station providing a pedestrian access from the Bailey Hall side of town. The steps now only come down to a path to Eureka.
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Low Moor Station, Bradford - DNT00232
Bradford, Goods Wagons, Island Platform, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Goods Yard, Railway Sidings, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Sidings, Signal Gantry, Signal box, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Steam Loco, Steam engine
On the Halifax-Bradford line at its junction with the Spen Valley Line. The station opened in July 1848 the same time as the line between the junction and Bradford. As well as an important junction station it also served the Low Moor Ironworks which at one point were the largest in Europe. The station closed in 1965 and was subsequently demolished but a new station opened here in 2017.
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Bradford Exchange Station - DNT00219
Bradford, Exchange Station, Passenger Train, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signals, Station, Train Shed, Water Crane, Water Tank
A terminus station seen here after the introduction of DMUs so probably about 1960. The first station on the site was built in 1850 and operated by the L&YR but the impressive double vaulted train shed seen here dates from 1888 when the station was rebuilt to accommodate both the L&YR and the GNR. There were 10 platforms, five for the L&YR and five for the GNR. 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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Cullingworth Station c.1900 - DNT00210
Bridge, Crossover Line, Footbridge, GNR, Gas Lamp, Great Nothern Railway, Keighley, Passengers, Places, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform
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 1963.
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Oxenhope Station - DNT00207
Coal Siding, Coal Wagons, Goods Wagons, Goods Yard, Keighley, MR, Midland Railway, Oxenhope, Places, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
The southern terminus of the single track Keighley & Worth Valley Railway opened in 1867 at the same time as the line, seen here looking towards Keighley possibly in MR days. The line was operated by the MR from the start and acquired by them in 1881. The station closed in 1961 and the line in 1962 re-opening as a heritage railway in 1968.
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Embsay Station - DNT00197
Airedale, Bridge, Embsay, Footbridge, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Sidings, Signal box, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Trees
An intermediate station on the MR’s Ilkley – Skipton line it opened with the line in 1888. Seen here in a very sorry condition probably after closure in 1965.
It was re-opened in 1981 by the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
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Headingley Station, Leeds - DNT00169
Crossover Line, Gas Lamp, Goods Shed, Lamp, Leeds, NER, North Eastern Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
The first station out of Leeds centre on the Leeds & Thirsk Railway which opened between the two towns via Harrogate and Ripon in 1848 but because of problems with Bramhope Tunnel at over two miles in length services didn’t start until the following year. In 1854 the company became a constituent part of the NER. The station which is nearer to Kirkstall than Headingley opened in 1849 and was originally known as Headingley & Kirkstall Station. The line north of Ripon closed in 1967 and between Harrogate and Ripon in 1969.
There remains a regular service between Leeds and Harrogate and the station is still open although the station buildings are no longer in use.
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Gildersome Station Nr. Leeds - DNT00165
Buffer Stop, Chimney, Chimneys, Foot Crossing, Gildersome, Houses, LNWR, Lamp, Leeds, Leeds New Line, London & North Western Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Sidings, Signal Gantry, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Staff
The station was on the Heaton Lodge & Wortley Railway from Huddersfield to Leeds, which always known as the ‘Leeds New Line’,and it opened at the same time as the line in 1900. Seen here pre-
First World War it only had a short existence being closed for two years during the war and then fully in 1921. The line itself was closed to passenger traffic in 1953 and then fully in 1966.
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Beeston Station, Leeds, 1961 - DNT00157
Beeston, GNR, Great Nothern Railway, Houses, Leeds, Level Crossing, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Telegraph Pole
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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Hebden Bridge Station Warehouse - DNT00104
Calder Valley, Goods Yard, Hebden Bridge, Hoist, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Railway, Railways, Sidings, Station Warehouse
The station warehouse, which was built in stages between 1877 and 1884, is seen here in 1967 following withdrawal of goods facilities the previous year. The goods yard is in process of being dismantled. The warehouse was let for general storage but was demolished following serious fire damage in 1969. The site is now the station car park.
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Greetland Station. - NGH00122
Carriages, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Stainland Branch, Station, Station Approach, Station Platform
Probably after the station’s closure in September 1962. Viewed looking down the line and on the right part of the up platform and behind it carriages in a siding. Beyond the carriages is the disconnected junction and track bed of the Stainland Branch which had closed in September 1959. On the left a walker on the station approach road.
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Greetland Station. - NGH00115
Bridge, Footbridge, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Steam Loco, Steam engine
Viewed looking up the line probably in October 1962 just over a month after closure. The footbridge connected the two platforms with the small Booking Office, off the photo far right, as well as with one another. Between the two signal gantries is the junction with the Halifax Branch going off to the right and beyond that the Goods Yard. To the left a down train passing stored carriages on a siding. The line on the right behind the platform ran to a Goods Shed separated from the main Goods Yard by the Halifax Branch.
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1962, 1960s
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The 'Copy Pit', Cliviger - RDA00175
Cliviger, Copy Pit, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Railway, Railways, Sidings, Signal box, Signals
The small colliery at the summit of the Todmorden-Burnley line after which it is named. The steeply graded line was opened by the Lancashire Railway in 1849. Seen here looking NW towards Burnley. On the right people are walking on the Todmorden-Burnly road, now the A646, which passes under the coal chute conveyor.
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Todmorden Station. - ALC00458
Buildings, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Signals, Railway Wagons, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Sidings, Signal box, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Steam engine, Steam loco, Tank Engine, Todmorden, Todmorden Station, Town Hall, Water Tower
The station looking east in L&YR days. The canopies have all now gone along with the platform building on the left and the goods siding which is now the station car park.
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Littleborough Station - Goods Shed 1965. - LYR00295
Goods Shed, Goods Yard, LYR, Littleborough, Littleborough Station, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Station, Station Platform
LYRS 6684 - The sidings have been recently lifted and the shed in a poor state of repair pending demolition.
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1960s
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Todmorden Goods Yard. - LYR00273
Aspinall 0-6-0ST, Goods Wagons, Goods Yard, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, People, People at Work, Places, Railway, Railway Wagons, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Station, Steam engine, Steam loco, Tank Engine, Todmorden, Todmorden Station
LYRS 0467 - Aspinall 0-6-0ST No. unknown at the Goods Yard, including wagons for a Burnley based colliery. The yard closed to general goods in 1964 and to coal in 1972; it is now the station car park.
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Todmorden Station Looking North East 1950. - LYR00258
Canopies, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway Signals, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Telegraph Pole, Todmorden, Todmorden Station, Water Tank, Water Turret
LYRS 4339 - General view of the platforms, buildings and canopies with a siding behind the 'down' platform. The siding has gone as have the canopies, most of the buildings and the water tank.
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Todmorden Station General View - LYR00250
Goods Wagons, Goods Yard, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Goods Yard, Railway Signals, Railway Wagons, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Tank Engine, Telegraph Pole, Todmorden, Todmorden Station
LYRS 2793n - Date unknown but in LYR days pre-1922 The Goods Yard is now the Station Car Park and the canopies and signals as well as the buildings on the left hand platform have now all gone. Cross Stone Church on the skyline
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Eastwood Station 1963 - LYR00233
Buildings, Chimney, Chimneys, Eastwood, Eastwood Station, Houses, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Level Crossing, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Mill, Mills, Places, Railway, Railway Sidings, Railway Wagons, Railway station, Railways, Sidings, Signal box, Signals, Station, Telegraph Pole
LYRS 6034 - General view from above station looking north east towards Hebden Bridge. The passenger station had closed 12 years earlier and goods facilities were to be shortly withdrawn when this photo was taken in August 1963.
The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley is so narrow that the track had to be built on a cut out shelf above the valley floor and the platforms staggered to allow room for goods facilities. It was accessed by a steep double sided track from the main road.
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