The Station Car Park at the top of Station Road in 2013. This had been the site of the large two bay Station Warehouse which was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage. The formal landscaped car park was constructed in 1994.
Station staff posing for the camera on the ramp from the entrance building down to the eastbound platform with the footbridge to the westbound platform to the right.
The station seen here with very well maintained gardens was on the NER Castleford to Garforth single track line which opened in 1878 primarily for coal traffic and the Kippax coalfield. The line closed to passengers in 1951 and fully over its whole…
G.V. II Listed House, initialled and dated I I. Watershot masonry, ashlar dressings, stone 1777 slate roof. 2 storeys. 2-cell house, double pile on plan under single span roof. Rusticated quoins, modillion cornice, coped gables with dressed stack.…