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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Bradford Forster Square c.1914 - DNT00214
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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
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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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Keighley Station Frontage c.1920 - DNT00199
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The Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway, later a part of the MR, between Shipley and Colne opened through Keighley in 1847 giving the town its first station. The station seen here dates from 1883 and is on the opposite side of Bradford Road to the 1847 station.
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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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Leeds Wellington Station Entrance 1926 - DNT00130
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However all is not what it seems. The structure across the station entrance is a replica of the old Moot Hall and has been erected as part of the tercentenary celebrations of Leeds being granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1626. The actual gates into the station can be seen behind.
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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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Hebden Bridge Station Frontage - DNT00113
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The station frontage before landscaping and pedestrianisation in 1994. The near end building is the long disused Parcels Office which was converted in to a Cafe in 1996.
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Huddersfield Station Frontage 1920 - LYR00302
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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 to the influence of the Ramsden family who owned most of Huddersfield at the time it was built in 1846/50. It was operated jointly by the London & North Western Railway and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and they each had their own Booking Offices in the pavilions at the end of the colonnades which extended from the central block with its giant portico. However by the time this photo was taken the centre had become the Booking Hall. Above each pavilion is the crest of the respective company but in place of the LNWR's it is that of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway who had promoted the line prior to becoming part of the LNWR.
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Huddersfield Station - LYR00301
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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 in the country. Its grandeur owes much to the influence of the Ramsden family who owned most of Huddersfield at the time it was built in 1846/50. It was operated jointly by the London & North Western Railway and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and they each had their own Booking Offices in the pavilions at the end of the colonnades which extended from the central block with its giant portico. Above each pavilion is the crest of the respective company but in place of the LNWR's it is that of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway who had promoted the line prior to becoming part of the LNWR.
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