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The station on the GNR ‘short line’ between Leeds Central and Bradford Exchange had opened at the same time as the line in 1854. In 1878 a single track branch was opened from Stanningley to Pudsey but this was disconnected at Pudsey in 1893 when the…

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LYRS 2596 - West Vale Station in LMS days with a Halifax bound Railmotor. Unusually for a small station it had stone buildings on both platforms. This Railmotor LMS No. 10614 has a double bogie in addition to its articulated coach, quite a load to…

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LYRS 2595 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 4 at West Vale Station. An intermediate Station on the Stainland Branch.

The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners,…

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LYRS 2597 - Stainland Station general view. The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the Shaws, had influenced the line’s construction. Although…

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LYRS 2599 - Stainland Station & Goods Shed with Railmotor No 10614 (LMS) in the later 1920s.

The Stainland Branch left the Calder Valley Main Line at Greetland and opened in 1875 up to near Brookroyd Mills at Holywell Green, whose owners, the…

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The station opened in 1878 and was built as an interchange station between the GNR’s Bradford – Leeds line and their Quensbury lines so that passengers could change between the lines without having to go into Exchange Station. It closed in 1952 due…

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LYRS 6098 - Water tank and gents toilets in 1963. Now demolished they were situated on the 'up' platform immediately to the west of, and abutting, the single storey station building which is now the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms.

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LYRS 2785 - Sowerby Bridge Station - looking towards 'Down' Bay platforms in BR period. The Bay platfoms have gone as have the signal box, signals and cylindrical water tower. The lines going off to the right are for the Rishworth Branch (closed to…

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LYRS 6103 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - 'stove' side and door gable looking west. The tracks going off left were the Rishworth Branch although that had completely closed by the time this photo was taken. The Box has now gone and all the…

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LYRS 6101 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Signal Box - 'stove' side and window gable. At the junction with the Rishworth Branch although that had completely closed by the time this photo was taken. The box has now gone and the tracks visible in this…

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LYRS 4945 - Station Signal Box ( 'chimney' side & non-door gable) at the junction with the Rishworth Branch. The box has now gone and the tracks visible in this photo have all been lifted.

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LYRS 4333 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of the station concourse at the rear of the main Station Building and at a right angle to the platforms. The platform canopies were taken down shortly after the photo was taken and the Station…

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LYRS 6095 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse all in an unkept and dilapidated condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished…

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LYRS 6096 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse in poor condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished following fire damage in…

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LYRS 4332 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of platforms, buildings and canopies looking west. The canopies are already in a dilapidated condition and were soon to be demolished and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The…

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LYRS 4330 - Sowerby Bridge Station - general view looking east in 1910 with unidentified Aspinall. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies which were taken down after the Second World War.

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LYRS 6099 - 1963. Water column and fire devil at the west end of the former island platform, now gone. Originally six platforms but now reduced to two and the two tracks seen here are the only ones to have survived. The fire devil is to prevent the…

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LYRS 3907 - Platform Bracket Signal with subsidiary arms and water turret at the east end of the former island platform. All now gone and the six platforms reduced to two. The tracks going off to the right, which include the Rishworth Branch, have…

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LYRS 2781 - Sowerby Bridge - old station. The first station at Sowerby Bridge opened in October 1840 with the opening of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden bridge and Normanton. It was situated between Sowerby Tunnel and Rochdale Road and…

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TMP 0226 - Although the Manchester & Leeds Railway opened throughout in 1841 a station wasn't built at Smithy Bridge until 1868. The station was closed in 1960 and the buildings and platforms demolished but a new station was opened in 1985 but with a…

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Slaithwaite 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 with well…

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The first station on the NER Wetherby line after it branched off the Leeds-York/Selby line at Cross Gates but it was nearly ¾ mile from the village of that name. It opened at the same time as the line in 1876 and closed with the line in 1964. It’s…

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The Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne opened over its whole length in 1848 but a station wasn’t opened by the MR at Saltaire until 1856. This station was closed in 1965 and the buildings demolished in 1970. In 1984 a new…

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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.



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