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View looking north east from the station approach road and bridge. On the right the south west portal of Beacon Hill Tunnel and on the left part of the former coal yard now car park for Eureka Children’s Museum. The trees at the far end of the car…

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LYRS 2698 - general view of the L&YR Platforms to the rear of the Station Building looking the in 'Down 'Leeds direction. On the right is Platform 1 and to the right of that the 'down' loop now long lifted. To the left is Platform 3 now used in…

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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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LYRS 6409 - general view of L&YR platform and canopies to the rear of the station buildings looking in the Leeds direction. To the right of Platform 1 a train on the now lifted 'down' loop. Only the island platforms remain in railway use with the…

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The recently restored platforms and canopies looking down the line towards Beacon Hill Tunnel. To the right the up line ansd site of the up loop and to the left the former Platform 3 now along with the station building used in connection with Eureka…

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LYRS 4970 - Halifax East Junction Signal Box ('chimney' side & non-door gable) and parachute water tank. It is still situated at the east end of Platform 3, although that is no longer in use and the water tank has gone. The tracks going off to the…

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LYRS 6403 - 1963. General view of Platform 4 including canopy & columns and the clock. The covered stairway went up the Booking Office. By the time this photo was taken the other two former GNR platforms to the station front had been closed and…

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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…

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The station, seen here in 1910, is named after the nearby large late 18th century house of that name. Reputedly the station was built to serve close-by Crosland Mill and reputedly was also used by the occupiers of Healey House and Crosland Hall for…

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LYRS2701. Early 20thc. pre-1908 view across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left, the second bay of which built in 1884 still…

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The first station here opened in October 1840 when the section of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was inaugurated. The station was re-buikt in 1891/2 seen here looking up the line towards Todmorden in Lancashire &…

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Enlarged extract from one of a series of Lithographs by A. F. Tait published in 1845 entitled "Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway". The station opened in October 1840. Seen here the small station building on the 'Leeds line' is almost hidden…

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LYRS 6049 -- general view of the 'Down' platform and buildings in 1963 with a collection of porters' barrows and the now gone platform clock. The goods lift enclosure is visible on platform behind the barrows.

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The reamarkably preserved station on the Leeds-Manchester Victoria main line; the original signage restored to its Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway colours. The two functioning and heated Waiting Rooms are host to a permanent photographic exhibition…

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LYRS 8452 -Date unknown but after the demolition of Victoria Mill in the later 1960s. General view of the Goods Warehouse, platforms, station buildings and canopies looking east. Only one of the former three taking-in door hoists on the warehouse…

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The gas lamps which were there on a 1973 photo have been replaced with fluorescent tubes and the platform has also been raised since then. The signage in BR's standard colours, another change since 1973, a reverse of the original and current white…

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One of a series of Lithographs by A. F. Tait published in 1845 entitled "Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway". The station opened in October 1840. To the left of the station the trestle bridge carrying the station road over the Calder and left…

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Taken sometime betwen 1966 and 1973; a 1966 photo shows timber sleepers but here they are concrete and the station clock seen behind the second pillar had been removed by the time of a 1973 photo. The small steps on the platform were to assist…

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LYRS 2724 - The Spen Valley Line connecting Mirfield on the Calder Valley Main Line with Low Moor opened in July 1848 and the line between Low Moor and Bradford opened in May 1850. The 1848 station seen here looking towards Mirfield was replaced by…

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The station on the Halifax –Bradford line opened at the same time as the line in August 1850. The station was closed in 1953.

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Holbeck Low Level Station seen here and Holbeck High Level Station on the higher level line above it were built by separate railway companies and operated as separate stations up until nationalisation in 1948. The only external access was by the…

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The station seen here early 20th century was the terminus of the Branch which had opened in 1850. Although the Branch was double track the station had only a single platform as seen here. The station and branch closed to passengers in 1959 and to all…

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The station opened with the line in 1850 but survived the Beeching cuts of the 1960s although the station buildings were mostly demolished and subsequently the line was reduced to single track. The station is seen here in 1927 looking in the…
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