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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Diggle Station. LNWR Huddersfield – Manchester Line - DNT00284
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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 station had opened with the line in 1849 at the western end of the 3 miles 57 yards (4880 metres) Standedge Tunnels, a canal tunnel and a single bore railway tunnel at the time. The station was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here in BR days and in the background are the western portals of the two single bore railway tunnels, the Nicholson Tunnel (1848) on the left and the Nelson Tunnel (1871) on the right, the 1894 double bore tunnel is hidden from sight by the steam hauled train at the station.
Seen here at an unknown date between nationalisation in 1948 and the line reverting to double track in the mid1960s. On the right a rake of goods wagons in a siding. The station was closed in 1968; there have been unsuccessful campaigns to have it re-opened.
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Golcar Station - DNT00281
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Golcar Station on the LNWR’s Colne Valley Huddersfield - Manchester line opened in 1849 at the same time as the line. Seen her in a sorry condition at an unknown date but prior to the line reverting back to two tracks in the mid-1960s.
The station was closed in 1968.
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Golcar Station, LNWR Huddersfied – Manchester Line - DNT00280
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Golcar Station on the LNWR’s line along the Colne Valley opened in 1849 at the same time as the line and was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. Seen here possibly in LNWR days.
The line reverted to double track in the mid-1960s and the station was closed in 1968, the buildings demolished and the platforms lifted.
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Longwood & Milnsbridge Station - DNT00279
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Longwood & Milnsbridge Station was the first station out of Huddersfield on the LNWR’s Colne Valley to Manchester and opened in 1849 at the same time as the line. Seen her in a very unkept condition at an unknown date but prior to reducing the line back to two tracks in the late 1960s.
The station was closed in 1968.
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Huddersfield Station Interior - DNT00278
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Date unknown but a woman in early 20th century dress is just discernible standing among the waiting passengers. The L&YR signs include ‘Ladies Third Class Waiting Room’ and ‘Ladies First and Second Class Waiting Room’; the L&YR belatedly abolished Second Class in 1912.
When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 the roof had collapsed during enlargement construction killing four men. The extended station included an island platform seen here on the left.
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Huddersfield Station Interior pre-1910 - DNT00277
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The image is taken from a postcard with August 1910 postmark.
When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 during the enlargement construction the roof had collapsed killing four men. The extended station included an island platform seen here with trains on both platform sides.
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Kirkburton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00275
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Kirkburton Station was the terminus of the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch and opened with the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half share in the Huddersfield Corporation’s bus service. The line remained open for goods traffic until 1965 when it closed fully.
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Kirkheaton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00274
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Kirkheaton Station was an intermediate station on the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch. The station opened about the same time as the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half share in the Huddersfield Corporation’s bus service. The line remained open for goods traffic until 1965 when it closed fully.
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Queensbury Station - DNT00229
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An unusual triangular station built by the GNR in 1879 with buildings on all three platforms at the junctions of the Bradford – Halifax (GNR route), Bradford – Keighley and Halifax - Keighley lines, seen here the Halifax – Keighley platform early 20th century; it closed to passengers in 1955 as did the lines which then closed fully by 1965.
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Thackley Station c.1900 - DNT00225
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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 length in1968.
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Manningham Station and Motive Power Depot - DNT00222
Bradford, Bridge, Chimneys, Crossover Line, Gas Lamp, Lamp, Locomotive, Locomotive depot, MR, Midland Railway, Places, Platform, Railway, Railway Sidings, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Signage, Steam Loco, Steam engine
The first station out of Bradford on the Midland’s line towards Shipley it was opened in 1868 and closed nearly a hundred years later in 1965. Seen here on the right is the sizeable Manningham Motive Power Depot which closed in 1967 and then demolished.
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Grassington Station - DNT00198
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Known as Grassington & Threshfield Station it was the terminus of the Yorkshire Dales Railway and opened with the line from Embsay Junction on the MR’s Ilkley Skipton Line in 1902; it was operated throughout by the MR. Regular passenger services were withdrawn in 1930 but excursion and goods trains continued until 1969 when the line beyond Swinden Quarry to Grassington was closed; the rails lifted and the station demolished to subsequently make way for a housing estate. The line remains open to Swinden Quarry for mineral traffic.
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Bolon Abbey Station - DNT00196
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An intermediate station on the MR’s Ilkley – Skipton line it opened with the line in 1888. The great popularity of Bolton Abbey made it a very busy station particularly in summer with excursion trains of several railway companies; it was also the terminus for the royal train during the reign of George V when he came to Bolton Hall to stay with the Duke of Devonshire for shooting. The station closed with the line in 1965 and the buildings fell into a state of dereliction
The site has subsequently been acquired by the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
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Addingham Station - DNT00195
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An intermediate station on the MR’s Ilkley – Skipton line it opened with the line in 1888. The station closed with the line in 1965 and the station buildings subsequently demolished and the site is now a housing estate.
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Ilkley Station Frontage - DNT00194
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The western terminus of the ‘Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway’ the joint MR/NER station opened with the line in 1865. In 1888 the MR opened a line from Ilkley to Skipton with their own through platforms which were regarded as a separate station from the joint terminus. Ilkley now had train services to and from Skipton, Bradford , Leeds, Otley and Harrogate. The lines to Skipton and east of Burley in Wharfedale were closed in 1965 and Ilkley was once again a terminus station reduced to just Leeds and Bradford services. The lines were electrified in 1995 and the station subject to a major refurbishment in 2011 but the buildings seen here have not been in railway usage since 1988.
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Burley in Wharfedale Station - DNT00192
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The station on the MR/NER ‘Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway ‘opened at the same time as the line in August 1865. The station was de-staffed in 1968 and the buildings demolished and replaced by bus stop style shelters, the line was electrified in 1994/5.
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Baildon Station - DNT00191
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The station seen here in MR days is on the MR’s Shipley – Guiseley line and 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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Baildon Station Approach - DNT00190
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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
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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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Guiseley Station - DNT00188
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The MR’s branch from the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway to their Aire Valley line at Apperley Junction had opened in 1865 and the station at Guiseley was opened at the same time. The connection to the Aire Valley line was Leeds facing which meant that Bradford trains had either to reverse on and off the branch or be uncoupled and then coupled up to a new loco. To overcome this inconvenience in 1876 the MR built a spur from near Shipley on the Aire Valley Line to Esholt Junction a mile or so south of Guiseley Station. The NER obtained running powers over the line which enabled them to run a direct Harrogate/Bradford service without having to
go via Leeds with a change at Holbeck.
The original buildings have been demolished but the station remained open still with services to Ilkley, Leeds and Bradford Forster Square, now known as the Wharfedale Line. The line was electrified in 1994/5 and the station was re-developed in 2002.
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Menston Station - DNT00187
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The MR’s branch from their Aire Valley line at Apperley Junction to the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway had opened in 1865 but the station at Menston wasn’t opened until August 1875. North East of the station at Menston Junction, where there had been a short lived station, there was a spur to the Otley-Burley in Wharfedale line but this along with Otley Station and the line east to Arthington closed in 1965
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Otley Station - DNT00185
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The Otley Branch from Arthington on the Leeds-Harrogate line was opened by the NER in February 1865 with the station at Otley. A few months later the line was extended on from Otley to Ilkley by the MR/NER ‘Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway’ and approximately two miles to the west at Milner Wood Junction the MR constructed a spur to Menston to join its lines from Wharfedale to the Aire Valley line.
The line from Arthington to near Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley Station and the spur from Milner Wood to Menston were all closed in 1965.
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Arthington Station, 1950s - DNT00184
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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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Earby Station - DNT00183
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The station on the section of the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Skipton and Colne opened 1848 with the line. On the Colne side of the station was the junction for the Barnoldswick Branch. The station was closed in 1970 at the same time as the line between Skipton and Colne but there is a campaign to get the line re-opened.
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