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Huddersfield Station Interior pre-1910 - DNT00277
The image is taken from a postcard with August 1910 postmark.
When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 during the enlargement…
When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 during the enlargement…
Tags: Carriages, Gas Lamp, Huddersfield, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, Island Platform, Lamp, LNWR, Locomotive, London & North Western Railway, Newspaper Stall, Passenger Train, Passengers, pillars, Platform, Railway Carriages, Railway Notice, Station, Station Clock, Station Platform, Station Signage, Steam engine, Steam loco, Train Shed
Huddersfield Station c.1900 - DNT00276
The magnificent Grade I listed station building; the imposing frontage was described by John Betjeman as 'the most splendid in England' and Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be one of the best stations in the country. Its grandeur owes much to the…
Kirkburton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00275
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…
Kirkheaton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00274
Kirkheaton Station was an intermediate station on the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch. The station opened about the same time as the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half…
Tags: Carriages, Chimneys, Foot Crossing, Goods Shed, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, Kirkheaton, Lamp, LNWR, Locomotive, London & North Western Railway, Passenger Train, Platform, Porter, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Station Building, Station Staff, Steam engine, Steam loco, Telegraph Pole
Bradley Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00273
Bradley Station a few miles north east of Huddersfield was the first station on the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway (H&MR) after its line branched off the L&YR’s Calder Valley Main Line. The H&MR opened to Huddersfield in 1847 although by then it…
Railways around Halifax and Bradford early 20th century - DNT00272
Colour code:
Black - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Red - Midland Railway
Green - Great Northern Railway
Blue - London & North Western Railway.
Black - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Red - Midland Railway
Green - Great Northern Railway
Blue - London & North Western Railway.
Tags: Halifax
Triangle, Nr. Sowerby Bridge - DNT00271
An intermediate station on the Rishworth Branch from the Calder Valley Main Line at Sowerby Bridge. The line opened in 1878 and the station in 1885. The line closed to passengers in 1929 and fully in 1958.
Walsen Nr. Todmorden - DNT00270
The station on the Manchester & Leeds Railway opened in 1845 and was closed in 1961. A new station slightly to the east opened in 1990 but with bus stop style shelters.
Clifton Road Station, Brighouse - DNT00269
On the L&YR’s ‘Pickle Bridge’ line which opened in 1881 running from near Wyke on the Halifax-Bradford line to join the Calder Valley main line east of Brighouse. The station, seen here with passengers and station staff posing for the camera…
Bailiff Bridge Station, Nr. Brighouse - DNT00268
On the L&YR’s ‘Pickle Bridge’ line which opened in 1881 running from near Wyke on the Halifax-Bradford line to join the Calder Valley main line east of Brighouse. The station opened in 1881 at the same time as the line but ‘temporarily’ closed in…
Lightcliffe Station, Nr. Halifax - DNT00267
The station on the Halifax –Bradford line opened at the same time as the line in August 1850. The station was closed in 1965.
Hipperholme Station, Nr. Halifax - DNT00266
The station on the Halifax –Bradford line opened at the same time as the line in August 1850. The station was closed in 1953.
Ovenden Station, Halifax - DNT00265
The station on the joint GNR/L&YR Halifax & Ovenden Junction Railway opened in 1881 three years after the line between Halifax Station and Queensbury had opened. The station closed in 1955 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn and the…
Halifax. Crests on Water Lane Overbridge - DNT00264
Unidentified crests on either side of the arch on the east face of the railway overbridge on Water Lane built 1848/9 when the Halifax Branch was extended from Shaw Syke near to the town centre and onto Bradford, opening in 1850.
Halifax. East face of overbridge on Water Lane - DNT00263
East face of the railway overbridge built 1848/9 when the Halifax Branch was extended from Shaw Syke near to the town centre and onto Bradford, opening in 1850. Still in use.
Water Lane Halifax - DNT00262
Disused railway overbridge west face near the top of Water Lane. This had borne an L&YR goods shed which straddled Water Lane accessed from the goods depots on either side of the lane. A little further down can be seen another bridge, built late…
Site of L&YR Goods Depot - DNT00261
On the south side of Water Lane the depot consisted of two sizeable Goods Sheds and sidings; goods facilities were finally fully withdrawn in 1981. The original 1844 terminus station which became the Goods Office early 1850s was situate at the far…
Halifax. Shaw Syke Goods Shed 28.02.2013 - DNT00259
The roof collapsed in two places.
Halifax. Shaw Syke Goods Shed 27.03.2011 - DNT00258
Part of the roof collapsed and another part sagging.
Halifax. Shaw Syke Goods Shed 01-04-2010 - DNT00257
The roof showing signs of sagging and the yard cleared for temporary council public car parking.
Halifax. Shaw Syke Goods Shed South West Elevation - DNT00256
The shed on the north side of Water Lane was built by the L&YR about the 1850s. The original terminus station on the south side of Water Lane became the Goods Office at the same time. Today (2017) it stands derelict.
Centre left is the disused…
Centre left is the disused…
Halifax. Shaw Syke Yard and GNR Warehouse - DNT00255
View looking across Shaw Syke goods yard down to the GNR warehouse. Taken in April 2010 just after the yard had been cleared for temporary council public car parking. The remains of rails just visible between the cobbles.
Halifax. GNR Warehouse South elevation - DNT00254
The main line is just off the view to the right behind the bushes.
Halifax. GNR Warehouse West Elevation - DNT00253
The now disused warehouse a little to the south of the station with the site of former sidings now car parking for Eureka Children's Museum.
Halifax Station from the South - DNT00252
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…