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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Morecambe Promenade Station - DNT00233
Bradford, Concourse, Hanging baskets, MR, Midland Railway, Morecambe, Newspaper Stall, Passengers, Places, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Concourse, Station Entrance, Station Signage
OK so it’s not Bradford but Morecambe did become known as ‘Bradford by the Sea’. The MR’s direct rail line between Bradford and Morecambe not only made it a favourite resort for trips and holidays for Bradford people but it got the name Bradford by the Sea more for the number of Bradford industrialists and business men who lived there and commuted daily, travelling in a special MR club carriage, as well as for the affluent Bradford people who retired there.
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Bradford Forster Square c.1914 - DNT00214
Bradford, Forster Square, Hotel, MR, Midland Railway, People, Places, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Entrance, Station Frontage, Statue, Tram, Tram Lines
In the centre the single storey entrance to the Midland Market Street Station which had been rebuilt and enlarged in 1890 largely to accommodate the increased traffic from the MR’s recently completed independent Anglo Scottish line, the Settle--Carlisle. The station was renamed Forster Square by the LMS in 1924. Above and to its left is the imposing Midland Hotel which was also completed in 1890; today only its corner block survives, the station entrance has gone and the Square is unrecognisable from the view seen here.
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Midland Station Frontage pre-1890 - DNT00213
Bradford, Canopies, Forster Square, Horse-drawn, Horse-drawn Cab, MR, Market Street, Midland Railway, Noticeboard, Places, Railings, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Entrance, Station Frontage, Street Names
The original station here was built in 1846 by the Leeds & Bradford Railway which had been formed to connect the two towns by railway along the Aire Valley. The company was acquired by the MR in 1853 who rebuilt the station seen here and this in turn was rebuilt and enlarged in 1890. It had been intended that when the L&YR line was completed from Halifax to Bradford in 1850 it would be extended across Bradford to join up with the Midland Station but this never came about thus leaving Bradford to this day with two disconnected terminus stations only a few hundred metres apart.
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Ilkley Station Frontage - DNT00194
Airedale, Gas Lamp, Hansom Cab, Horse, Horse-drawn, Ilkley, Lamp, MR, Midland Railway, NER, North Eastern Railway, People, Places, Platform, Railings, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Entrance, Station Frontage, Station Platform, Trees, Wharfedale
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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Cross Gates Station, Leeds - DNT00147
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The attractively decorated interior of the entrance porch to the station with staff posing for the camera in NER days.
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Leeds City Square Looking East - DNT00135
Boar Lane, City Square, Hotel, Leeds, Platform, Queens Hotel, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Entrance, Station Platform, Statue, Tram, Tram Lines, Wellington Station
In the centre the War Memorial which was dedicated in 1922. To the left with the clock is the now demolished Royal Exchange Chambers and on the right the old Midland Railway’s Queens Hotel and to the right of that the gates into Wellington Station. The hotel was replaced 1937/8 with the Art Deco hotel we see today. In the centre is Boar lane off which a little way down was New Station Street leading to New Station.
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Wakefield Kirkgate Station Frontage - DNT00125
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The station was opened by the M&LR at the same time as the section of its line between Hebden Bridge and Normanton and was Wakefield’s only station until Westgate Station was opened in 1867. The station was rebuilt in 1854 and is seen here late 19th century.
The station was Listed in 1979 but by that time some buildings had been demolished and the unstaffed station continued to deteriorate and was subject to vandalism all deterring it being used. The Goods Depot seen here was demolished in 2008 to be replaced by a Network Rail works depot. A £4 million refurbishment project of the station took place between 2013 and 2015.
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Wakefield Kirkgate Station - DNT00124
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The station was opened by the M&LR at the same time as the section of its line between Hebden Bridge and Normanton and was Wakefield’s only station until Westgate Station was opened in 1867. The station was rebuilt in 1854 and its frontage seen here late 19th century. The signage above the canopy read ‘Lancashire & Yorkshire and Great Northern Railways’.
The station was Listed in 1979 but by that time some buildings had been demolished and the unstaffed station continued to deteriorate and was subject to vandalism all deterring it being used. A £4 million refurbishment project took place between 2013 and 2015.
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