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LYRS 2713 - General view of 'Up' platform looking west in 1976. The line into the disused sidings has not been lifted. Although a b&w photo the signage does not appear to be in BR's North Eastern Regions colours of white on tangerine as in a 1973…

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LYRS6051 - Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the goods yard closed and dismantled. The warehouse was let for general storage but was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. The site is now the station car park. . The square wood clad…

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Post nationalisation in 1948 looking across to the 'up' Manchester platform. On the 'down' platform there are platform staff and porters' barrows. A goods or engineers train makes up steam by the station warehouse alongside a maintenance gang.

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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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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 2709 - General view of 'Up' platform looking east in 1976. The semaphore signals gantry visible beyond the end of the platform. Although a b&w photo the signage does not appear to be in BR's North Eastern Regions colours of white on tangerine as…

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LYRS 2708 - General view of the 'Down' platform looking east in 1976. Although a b&w photo the signage does not appear to be in BR's North Eastern Regions colours of white on tangerine as in an earlier colour photo.

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The station warehouse, which was built in stages between 1877 and 1884, is seen here in 1967 following withdrawal of goods facilities the previous year. The goods yard is in process of being dismantled. The warehouse was let for general storage but…

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LYRS6050. The large double bay station warehouse in 1963 but with only one of the former three taking-in door hoists left. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the warehouse let for general storage. It was demolished in 1969 following a…

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The warehouse vehicle loading dock at the top of Station Road in 1966 after the withdrawal of goods facilities that year. The building was let for general storage but demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage. The site is now the station car…

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‘L&YR Parcels & Luggage Collection & Delivery Van N0. 130’ at the junction of Albert Street and New Road, Hebden Bridge. The man by the horse and the boy on the wagon are wearing L&YR porter’s cap badges and the policeman is holding his white point…

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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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LYRS 4225 - The Holme, Holme Station featured on a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway coloured postcard to promote trips to the area by train.

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The station was opened by the L&YR on 1st January 1850 about a mile east of their Horbury & Ossett Station at the junction of their new Barnsley Branch with original M&LR line. The station closed in 1929 but was replaced by a new station on the main…

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The first station situated in Horbury Bridge opened with this section of the M&LR on 5th October 1840 and was named Horbury & Ossett. It was replaced in 1902 with the island platform station seen here, still in Horbury Bridge, and renamed Ossett &…

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LYRS2736. The magnificent station building, now Grade I Listed, early 20th century with cabs outside. John Betjeman described the imposing frontage as 'the most splendid in England' and Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be one of the best stations…

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LYRS 4508 - The magnificent station building, now Grade I Listed. John Betjeman described the imposing frontage 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…

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Built by Dennis and supplied to the L&YR in 1914 it had a permitted speed of 12mph
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