Brockholes Station c1900. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00296
Crossover Line, Double Track, Fence, Foot bridge, Gas Lamps, L&YR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Passenger Train, Passengers, Penistone Line, Platform, Platform Canopies, Railway, Railway signage, Railway station, Railway track, Station Buildings, Station Staff, Steam engine, Telegraph Pole, Train, railway workers
The station at the junction with the Holmfirth Branch opened with the line and the Branch in 1850. The Branch closed in 1959 but the station survived both the closure and the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Like other intermediate stations on the line it was de-staffed in the mid-1960s and a few years later the Waiting Room on the down platform, seen here on the left, was demolished along with the footbridge. The line was reduced to single track over much of its length in 1989. The buildings seen here on the right, on the the now redundant platform, are in private residential use.
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Honley Station. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00295
Double Track, Fence, Foot Crossing, Gas Lamps, L&YR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Metaphore Signal, Penistone Line, Platform, Railway, Railway signage, Railway station, Railway track, Signal, Station Buildings, Station Notices, Telegraph Pole
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 Huddersfield direction.
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Meltham Station. L&YR Meltham Branch - DNT00292
Chimneys, Crossover Line, Double Track, Fence, Gas Lamps, L&YR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Passenger Train, Passengers, Penistone Line, Platform, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway station, Railway track, Station Buildings, Station Notices, Steam engine, Train
The station, seen here in 1910, was the terminus of the 31/2 mile Branch. The Branch opened to goods traffic in 1868 and to passengers in 1869. Passenger services were withdrawn from the Branch in 1949 and it closed fully in 1965. The site is now occupied by housing and a supermarket and much of the trackbed is now a greenway.
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Micklehurst Station. LNWR - DNT00288
Canopies, Chimneys, Fence, Gas Lamp, Huddersfield & Manchester Railway, LNWR, Lamp, London & North Western Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Road, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Entrance, Station Frontage, Station Platform
When the line was increased from two to four tracks in the late 1880s there wasn’t room to expand alongside the existing double track west of Standedge Tunnels and instead a loop line was constructed between Diggle and Stalybridge stations. Micklehurst Station was one of four stations on the 63/4 mile loop and opened in 1886 but was closed to passengers in 1907. A separate good station remained open until 1962 and the Loop closed on 7 September 1964. The station building seen here was converted into a private house.
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Baildon Station Approach - DNT00190
Airedale, Baildon, Bridge, Fence, Footbridge, Gas Lamp, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Trees
The station on the MR’s Shipley – Guiseley line opened at the same time as the line in 1876 and was closed in 1953 and the buildings subsequently demolished. An unstaffed station was re-opened in 1973 and the line, now electrified but reduced to single track, remains in use for Bradford Forster Square – Ilkley services.
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Esholt Station - DNT00189
Airedale, Esholt, Fence, Gas Lamp, Gate, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, Passengers, People, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Semaphore Signals, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Steam engine, Train, Trees
The station on the MR’s Shipley – Guiseley line opened at the same time as the line in 1876 and was closed in 1940 and the building subsequently demolished. The line, now electrified but reduced to single track, remains in use for Bradford Forster Square – Ilkley services.
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Arthington Station, 1950s - DNT00184
Airedale, Arthington, Fence, Lamp, Leeds, NER, North Eastern Railway, Places, Platform, Railings, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Signage, Trees
The first station here, known as Pool, opened with the Leeds & Thirsk Railway in 1849 but was replaced a little to the south by the triangular junction station seen here when the NER opened their Otley Branch in 1865; it was re-named Arthington as a station was opened on the Branch in Pool. The station along with the line to Otley closed in 1965 but Leeds-Harrogate services still pass the site. A feasibility study was carried out in 2014 to re-open a station here but did not get the go-ahead.
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Thornton in Craven Station - DNT00182
Airedale, Fence, Gas Lamp, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Signage, Telegraph Pole, Thornton in Craven, Trees
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 a campaign to get it re-opened.
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Elslack Station - DNT00181
Airedale, Elslack, Fence, Gas Lamp, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Porters Barrow, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Signage, Telegraph Pole
The station on the section of the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne opened 1848 and was closed in 1952. The line between the two towns closed in 1970 but there is a campaign to get it re-opened.
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Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00172
Abbey, Adverts, Airedale, Canopies, Fence, Gas Lamp, Kirkstall, Lamp, Leeds, MR, Midland Railway, Noticeboard, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Railway’s Aire Valley Line opened at the same time as the line in 1846 which became part of the MR network. A new station, the Leeds Platform seen here, was built when the line was quadrupled in about 1905 and the label across the image coupled with the advertising boards still to be fixed to the fence suggest the photo was taken about the time of completion. Unfortunately it is not possible to make out the date on the poster. In the background the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey.
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Horbury Junction Station - DNT00123
Calder Valley, Fence, Horbury, Horbury & Ossett, Horbury Junction, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Ossett, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Platform, Station Signage, Station Staff
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 line a little closer to the town but named Horbury Millfield Road primarily to serve the railway wagon works of Charles Roberts &Co. This station closed in 1961.
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Greetland Station Booking Office. - NGH00120
Booking Office, Bridge, Fence, Footbridge, Garden, Garden feature, Gardens, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Approach, Telegraph Pole
The small timber Booking Office on the station approach road was opposite the east end of the down platform which is off the photo here to the left. On the left are the steps up to the footbridge which connected the platforms and was the only passenger access to the up platform. (See NGH00110)
The station on the Manchester & Leeds Railway’s (M&LR) Calder Valley Main Line was originally known as North Dean. It was opened in July 1844 on completion of the M&LR’s Halifax Branch which ran from a junction at North Dean up to a terminus station at Shaw Syke, south of Halifax town centre. The line was extended to the centre of Halifax and on to Bradford in 1850.
Greetland Station closed in September 1962 but the lines all remain in use.
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Greetland Station. - NGH00117
Fence, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Platform, Railway, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Signal Gantry, Signal box, Signals, Station, Station Building, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Steam Loco, Steam engine, Water Turret
Former LMS Fowler 2-6-4T number 42384 steams through the station which had closed in September 1962 on the down line probably in October 1962 having just rolled over the junction with the Halifax Branch visible centre right. The loco was taken out of service in December 1963 and went to the scrap yard. The station apart from the signal box, which survived until 2009, was demolished in 1965.
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Greetland No. 2 Signal Box, Nr. Halifax. 29th October 1962. - NGH00114
Fence, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Platform, Railway, Railway junction, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
By the time of this photo the station had been closed for over a month and, apart from the signal box, was demolished in 1965.
The Second World War box was built by the LMS in 1941 replacing the L&YR 1878 box. To the far left of the photo part of the up platform building and beyond that the junction with the Halifax Branch going off to the right and beyond that part of the Goods Yard.
The withdrawal of services between Halifax and Huddersfield in about 1970 resulted in the closure of the short section of line from Greetland Junction up to Dryclough Junction, on the outskirts of Halifax, which in turn resulted in Greetland Signal Box being taken out of service. Rail services were restored in 2000 following restoration of the permanent way between the two junctions and the Greetland box was brought back into use only to close in 2009 when signalling control was transferred to Healey Mills PSB. The Greetland box was subsequently demolished.
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Greetland No. 2 Signal Box, Nr. Halifax. - NGH00113
Fence, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Station Building, Station Platform
Probably seen here in October 1962 following closure of the station the previous month.
The Second World War box was built by the LMS in 1941 replacing the L&YR 1878 box. To the far left of the image part of the up platform building.
The withdrawal of services between Halifax and Huddersfield in about 1970 resulted in the closure of the short section of line from Greetland Junction up to Dryclough Junction, on the outskirts of Halifax, which in turn resulted in Greetland Signal Box being taken out of service. Rail services were restored in 2000 following restoration of the permanent between the two junctions and the Greetland box was brought back into use only to close in 2009 when signalling control was transferred to Healey Mills PSB. The Greetland box was subsequently demolished.
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Greetland Station, 29th October 1962. - NGH00112
Booking Office, Bridge, Fence, Footbridge, Garden, Garden feature, Gardens, Gas Lamp, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Platform
Although the station had been closed for over a month the flower bed here on the down platform still looks well cared for. The other side of the fence is the small timber Booking Office connected to both platforms by the footbridge.
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Greetland Station Approach Road. - NGH00110
Booking Office, Bridge, Fence, Footbridge, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station, Station Approach, Station Canopies, Station Platform, Telegraph Pole
View looking up the approach road. On the right is the small timber Booking Office and on the left the signal box and down platform buildings. The footbridge connected the platforms and was the only passenger access to the up platform.
The station on the Manchester & Leeds Railway’s (M&LR) Calder Valley Main Line was originally known as North Dean. It was opened in July 1844 on completion of the M&LR’s Halifax Branch which ran from a junction at North Dean up to a terminus station at Shaw Syke, south of Halifax town centre. The line was extended to the centre of Halifax and on to Bradford in 1850.
The station closed in September 1962 and was demolished in 1965 but the lines all remain in use.
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Greetland Station Booking Office, 29th October 1962. - NGH00107
Booking Office, Fence, Gas Lamp, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station
The small timber Booking Office set back from the east end of the down platform, the two separated by the station approach road which can just be discerned between the picket fence and the building. On the left can be seen the steps up to the footbridge which connected the platforms and was the only passenger access to the up platform. (See NGH00110)
The station had closed the previous month and was demolished in 1965.
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Greetland No. 2 Signal Box, Nr. Halifax, 29th October 1962. - NGH00106
Fence, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Picket Fence, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Signal box, Station
The Second World War box was built by the LMS in 1941, described as an A.R.P. Box, and replaced the L&YR 1878 box. To the far left of the image part of the down platform building.
The withdrawal of services between Halifax and Huddersfield in about 1970 resulted in the closure of the short section of line from Greetland Junction up to Dryclough Junction, on the outskirts of Halifax, which in turn resulted in Greetland Signal Box being taken out of service. Rail services were restored in 2000 following restoration of the permanent way between the two junctions and the Greetland box was brought back into use only to close in 2009 when signalling control was transferred to Healey Mills PSB. The Greetland box was subsequently demolished.
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Park Fold Wood above Mytholmroyd. - DEF00288
Calder Valley, Feature, Fence, Forest, Landscape, Mytholmroyd, People at Work, Places, Woodland, Woodlands, Woods
The site of Park Fold Wood, Mytholmroyd
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Autumn 1968 - DEF00148
Fence, People at Work
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Hebden Bridge
Fence with Stile - AGW00105
Fence, Snow, Stile
Top of Cragg Vale
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Hebden Bridge