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Wortley Station. GCR Penistone – Sheffield Victora Line - DNT00302
Wortley Station between Penistone and Deepcar on the Sheffield – Manchester Woodhead line opened with the line in 1845. Seen here with a sizeable staff for a small station.
The station was close to Wortley Hall seat of the Earl of Wharncliffe, a…
The station was close to Wortley Hall seat of the Earl of Wharncliffe, a…
Wilsden Station - DNT00211
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…
Wetherby Station - DNT00152
Seen here early 20th century on the NER’s Cross Gates – Wetherby line. This is the second station in Wetherby the first having been on the Church Fenton- Harrogate line but when the line from Cross Gates opened in 1876 it’s junction with the…
Wellington Station Leeds - DNT00129
Built by the Midland Railway in 1846, with subsequent re-builds, it was the first station in Leeds centre. Up until the building of New Station in 1869 it was shared by the London & North Western Railway but thereafter it was used exclusively by the…
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…
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.
Wakefield Kirkgate Station Frontage - DNT00125
The station was opened by the M&LR at the same time as the section of its line between Hebden Bridge and Normanton and was Wakefield’s only station until Westgate Station was opened in 1867. The station was rebuilt in 1854 and is seen here late 19th…
Wakefield Kirkgate Station - DNT00124
The station was opened by the M&LR at the same time as the section of its line between Hebden Bridge and Normanton and was Wakefield’s only station until Westgate Station was opened in 1867. The station was rebuilt in 1854 and its frontage seen here…
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.
Thornton in Craven Station - DNT00182
The station on the section of the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne opened 1848 but up to 1937 was simply known as Thornton. The station was closed in 1970 at the same time as the line between Skipton and Colne but there is…
Thorner Station - DNT00149
Thorner station looking south with its well maintained flower beds which won it the NER’s first prize for the ‘best kept wayside station’ in 1912 and 1913.
When it opened with the line in 1876 it was called ‘Thorner & Scarcroft’ becoming just…
When it opened with the line in 1876 it was called ‘Thorner & Scarcroft’ becoming just…
Thongsbridge Station. L&YR Holmfirth Branch - DNT00297
The station opened with the Branch in 1850 and was the only intermediate station on the Branch, which was less than two miles in length. The station closed to passengers in 1959 and to goods in 1965 with the closure of the Branch by which time the…
Thackley Station c.1900 - DNT00225
An intermediate station on the GNR’s loop line from Laisterdyke to Shipley which had opened in 1875. The station here opened three years later in 1878 and closed to passengers in1931 and to goods in 1964 and the line finally closed over its whole…
Stanningley Station - DNT00161
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…
St Dunstans Station, Bradford - DNT00227
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…
Sowerby Bridge Station c.1900 - DNT00117
Station frontage looking down Station Road. The station with its imposing Tudor style building replaced an earlier station near Sowerby Tunnel and was built in the late 1870s when the Rishworth Branch was constructed. It was hastily demolished…
Slaithwaite Station, LNWR Huddersfied – Manchester Line - DNT00282
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…
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…
Site of Eastwood Station in May 2013 - DNT00101
The station opened here when the section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge was inaugurated in December 1840. The station closed in 1951 but the coal drops remained in use until the mid-1960s.
Photo David N…
Photo David N…
Shipley & Windhill Station - DNT00224
The station, which had been known as Shipley Bridge Street, was the terminus of a loop line built by the GNR from Laisterdyke opening in 1875 with intermediate stations at Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley The station closed to passengers in 1931 and to…
Shepley & Shelley Station c.1900. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00299
Serving the villages of Shepley and Shelley it opened, like other intermediate stations, with the line in 1850. Only one platform is seen here as its staggered platforms were separated by a road overbridge to the right of the photo. The station…
Scholes Station, Nr. Leeds - DNT00148
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…
Saltaire Station - DNT00178
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…
Saddleworth Station. LNWR Huddersfield – Manchester Line - DNT00285
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…
The…
River Aire under Leeds Station 2006 - DNT00142
The River Aire running under Leeds Station through the ’Dark Arches’, a Victorian labyrinth of vaults and arches which support the station.