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Last chance to see -
The final section of Strines cutting Holmfield.
in the Queensbury to Halifax
section
This section of cutting between Holdsworth Road and Holmfield
Station Bridge, has been cleared & is awaiting landfill : Photos
from Ed Matejak.
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 Morley
top goods depot in the
Ardsley to
Laisterdyke section
Photographed sometime between 1982 and 1987 & shows the now removed
loading bay canopies & roof structure. Photo from Barbara Ward. |
 Arthington
gas works building, near Creskeld Hall.
see Leeds Harrogate
section
The building is situated within the triangular junction for Pool in
Wharfedale & Otley. Arthington Gas Works opened in 1876 to supply
Arthington and Pool stations.
Photos from Adrian Smith |
 Bradford
Forster Square, Valley Goods freight during the 1980s
See
Bradford
See also Crossleys scrapyard near Shipley in the
Homeless section
See also Clayton West in the
Homeless section : Photo's from Bill Harland. |
 Latest
book by Peter Tuffrey is West
Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon.
We like this one & there is a massive big up to this website & our
contributors, thanks Peter.
Available from Amberley -
http://www.amberleybooks.com |
 BR
spur junction on the
Leeds New
Line Heckmondwike Liversedge Spen & Charrington Hargreaves oil
terminal.
See Bradford Forster Square, Springmill
street & the Bowling to Laisterdyke avoiding line.
See Dewsbury Headfield spur
with some choice photo's of the old Railway street goods depot. Photo's from Paul Corrie c/o Michael Kaye. |
 Heckmondwike
L&Y Central station & junction on the
Mirfield Lowmoor page. See also Heckmondwike junction signal box in
its final days -
Heckmondwike Junction Choice 1970s photo's from Bob Cockcroft. Also
includes a rare photo of the island platform & booking office around the
turn of the century with a classic archive photo from Cedric Rowland. |
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Towns |
 Towns
- Stations &
Closures
A list of all west Yorkshires towns & passenger
stations, open & closed.
Also includes links to all the stations included on the site. |
 Bradford
Exchange, Adolphus Street, Forster Square & the Bowling junction
to Laisterdyke avoiding line, Exchange station, with
its two arched roofs just before demolition began in 1976 & the new Interchange
terminal replacement. Photo's : Andrew Wilson. |
 Dewsbury
Five stations & four companies, plenty going on here. Photo : Graeme Bickerdike |
 Halifax
Small town, big attitude. Photo : Phill Davison |
 Leeds
A wander round Leeds, including Farnley viaduct, Holbeck Depot,
Leeds City, Central & Wellington
stations, Holbeck junction, Wortley west curve & Whitehall
junction. |
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| Joint Lines |
 Holmfield
to St Pauls (Halifax)
Built originally by the Halifax High Level Railway company
1890.
Photo : Richard Barnes |
 Lofthouse
junction to Lofthouse & Outwood
A five mile joint NER L&Y & GNR venture opened in to
freight in 1865 & passengers in 1869.
Closed to passengers in 1957, but kept open for freight up until 1981. |
 Otley
to Ilkley
Joint North Eastern & Midland Railway, opened in 1865.
The two companies combined to construct & manage a joint line between
Otley & Ilkley.
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Lost Railways West Yorkshire
Exploring the routes & uncovering the
history of the lost, abandoned, disused & dismantled railways
of West Yorkshire:
Leeds, Bradford,
Huddersfield,
Dewsbury, Batley, Halifax, Wakefield, Queensbury & Shipley. Including
the Aire, Calder & Spen Valley lines.
(Best viewed at 1024 x 768)
Contact
lost.railways@ntlworld.com
for any
additional information you require,
or photos & information you would
like to share.
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Various |
 Railway
Ramblers
About the organisation & gazetteer detailing the routes & relics along
closed lines in West Yorkshire. |
 Homeless
Bits & bats of stuff I cant think of anywhere to
put. Photo: Gareth Beaumont |
 Entrances
Doorways leading nowhere & some nice bricking up jobs. |
 Multiple
Units
Many a branch line kept open by these little fellas, by Paul Holroyd
of the VCT. |
  Books
Building up a library of the books you should own.
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| Great
Northern Railway (G.N.R)
Lines |
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 Adwalton
- Wakefield
From Wrenthorpe south junction on the Doncaster to Leeds Line 3/4 of
a mile north of Wakefield Westgate, to Adwalton Junction, on the GN
Wakefield Bradford line, via Alverthorpe, Flushdyke, Ossett, Chickenley
Heath, Batley GN, Upper Batley & Howden Clough. GNR 1864.
Photo : Andrew Stopford. |
 Ardsley
to Laisterdyke
From Laisterdyke, east of Bradford, to Ardsley via Dudley Hill,
Birkenshaw & Tong,
Drighlington & Adwalton, Adwalton
junction, Gildersome, Morley Top & Tingley. GNR 1857.
Photo : c/o Andrew Wilson. |
 Batley
to Beeston
From Batley west junction to Tingley west junction via
Woodkirk,
& from Tingley east junction to Beeston junction. GNR 1890. Photo : Simon Edgerton. |
 Beeston
Junction - Hunslet Goods
From Beeston Junction on the GNR main line into Leeds.
The line turns east crosses the canal (on a swing bridge) & the River Aire
& turns
NW to terminate at Hunslet goods station a mile from the city
centre. GNR 1899. Photo's & info from Railway Ramblers member
Ralph Rawlinson. |
 Dewsbury
Loop (Ossett
to Batley)
From Runtlings Lane Junction Ossett, to Batley
west junction &
GNR station.
Via Earlseaton, Dewsbury Central & Batley Carr.
G.N.R 1880. Photo :
Ralph Rawlinson. |
 Laisterdyke
to Shipley
From a triangular junction at Laisterdyke east &
Cutlers junction. Via Eccleshill, Idle, Thackley & terminating at
Shipley and Windhill station.
Opened for goods in August 1874 & passengers in April 1875. Photo :
Bob Cockcroft |
 Pudsey
Loop
Branch Lines from both Stanningley & Bramley to Pudsey Greenside via
Pudsey Lowtown.
Later extended to Cutlers junction to join the
Ardsley Laisterdyke line.
Pudsey Greenside Tunnel & cutting soon to be backfilled. GNR 1893. Photo : Rikj. |
 The
Queensbury Lines
Four pages of the GNR lines Between Queensbury, Halifax,
Bradford & Keighley.
Queensbury Station Queensbury - Bradford
Queensbury - Halifax Queensbury
- Keighley
Make sure to see Richard Barnes Holmfield photo's
on the Queensbury - Halifax page. |
 Shipley
& Saltaire
Mark
Neale's
atmospheric
Shipley & Saltaire page. |
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| Lancashire &
Yorkshire Railway (L & Y.R) Lines |
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 Calder
Valley
Main Line
From Manchester to Normanton.
To keep the line flat & straight it managed to avoid some big towns
like Halifax & Huddersfield. Built by the L&Y in 1840.
Line still open but many stations
lost.
Photo : Phill Davison. |
 Cutsyke
- Methley
From Methley Junction on the Midland Leeds to Normanton
line, via Lofthouse Junction, over the NER line to Church Fenton,
& joined the NER line from Castleford at Cutsyke Junction. L&Y 1849.
Photo's Andrew Stopford. |
 Holmfirth
Branch
From junction on the Huddersfield - Penistone line near
Brockholes,
to Holmfirth terminus, via Thongsbridge.
Built by the L&Y,
opened in
1850.
Contains some choice shots of Holmfirth station in the 1980s from Tony
Button. |
 Horbury
West Curve
At a little under 1¾ miles in length, Horbury West Curve (known locally
as the Crigglestone Curve) provided a connection between the Lancashire
& Yorkshire’s main Todmorden-Wakefield line and its branch to Barnsley.
Opened by the L&Y 1902, disconnected in 1991.
Photo's : Graeme Bickerdike. |
 Meltham
Branch
From junction at Lockwood on the Penistone
to Huddersfield line, via Netherton, Healey House, terminating at
Meltham.
Opened by the L&Y in 1869, was closed to passengers
in May 1949 but remained open for David Brown tractor freight up
until April 1965.
Photo's from Andrew Stopford. |
 Mirfield
- Low Moor
(Cleckheaton branch)
From Mirfield via Northorpe, Liversedge, Heckmondwike & Cleckheaton
Central. Over 150 photo's
of this stretch of line, including Mirfield sheds,
still plenty of
left to see. Forms part of the Spen Valley Greenway, so most of it
easy walking.
Photo : Mark Anthony Astley collection. |
 North
Dean (Stainland) branch
North Dean Branch from Greetland junction to
Stainland. Photo Matt
c.
Work in progress by Sustrans to make West Vale Viaduct into a footpath. |
/6%20wyke%20viaduct%20east_small.jpg) Pickle
Bridge Line
Between Anchor
Pit Junction near Brighouse & Wyke. Opened by the L&Y in 1881.
Some decent relics still left on this 3
¾ mile line.
Also includes the blowing up of Wyke
viaduct on page 2.
Photo's by Matt_uk. |
 Ravensthorpe Branch
Thornhill to Heckmondwike. Short but interesting
section of line with most bridges still intact.
Connected to the Leeds New Line at Heckmondwike in 1966 to supply
the Charrington Hargreaves
oil terminal, now forms part of the Spen Valley Greenway. Photo : Greame Walton. |
 Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth
An extension of the Sowerby Bridge
to Ripponden branch.
L&Y 1881.
Photo's : Richard Barnes. |
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| London
& North Western Railway (L & N.W.R) Lines |
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 Batley
to
Birstall Lower (goods)
From Batley (Birstall Junction) to Birstall Lower, 2 miles (single
track)
Opening Batley to Birstall Lower, 30th September 1852.
Intermediate station at Carlinghow opened 1st April 1872. Photo : Allan Shaw. |
 Heaton
Lodge to Stalybridge
From Heaton Lodge junction 3 miles east of Huddersfield
on the Calder Valley Main Line to Stalybridge Lancashire.
Opened throughout in 1849, the route takes in Huddersfield & the 3
mile long Standedge tunnels. |
 Kirkburton Branch
From Kirkburton junction 2 miles east of Huddersfield station, on the
L.N.W.R Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge line,
to Kirkburton station
(terminated) via Kirkheaton.
Length 4 1/2 miles, opened 7th October 1867. |
 Leeds
New Line
Between
Heaton Lodge junction Huddersfield & Farnley junction Leeds.
L.N.W.R 1900.
Six pages & loads of maps.
An in depth study of one of the regions
youngest lines.
See
the
Gildersome tunnel exploration on page six. Photo: Phill Davison. |
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| Midland
Railway (M. R) Lines |
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 Hunslet
Midland goods
The former Midland Goods station is now the Crown Point Retail Park
Leeds.
The cutting was recently sold at auction by Pugh & Company on behalf
of BRB (Residuary) Ltd.
Guide price £83,000, went for £138,000. It was sold as being suitable
for landfill. Photo : Rikj. |
 Leeds
- Derby
Opened in July 1840. One of George Hudson's lines built originally by
the North Midland Railway company.
It connected with the York & North
Midland line at Altofts junction a mile north of Normanton. With
the L&Y Calder valley line joining south at Goose Hill,
the
Victorians thought Normanton would become big enough to
rival Crewe. Photo : Dave Watson |
 Newtown
Goods
Between
Newtown
Huddersfield & Mirfield Jct. Midland 1910.
In depth study with two pages & maps. Photo Simon Green. |
 Royston - Dewsbury Savile
town
Royston to Dewsbury Savile Town. Midland Railway 1906.
The Midland planned to build its own mainline between Sheffield &
Bradford to avoid the congested areas around
Leeds.
The L&Y later gave the Midland running
powers on its lines so the scheme was never completed. |
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| North Eastern Railway (N.E.R)
Lines |
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 Castleford
- Garforth
Via Ledston, Bowers Halt & Kippax & Allerton Bywater.
NER 1878. The massive span of the cast iron bridge is in a terrible
condition. Huge girders have
split in half & the decking is paper thin. I find it amazing that fully
laden coal trains were using this bridge as little as 14yr's ago.
Photo's : Phill Davison |
/Prospect%20tunnel%209_small.jpg) Church
Fenton - Harrogate
The first railway to be closed by Dr Beeching in 1964. N.E.R 1848.
Includes some choice interior shots of prospect tunnel. Photo's : Phill
Davison. |
 Leeds
to Harrogate
Headingley, Horsforth, Arthington & Bramhope tunnel. N.E.R 1849.
Brunswick Tunnel & Air Raid Shelter exploration, the latest scoop for
the Leeds Historical Expedition Society. Make sure to see Phills blog -
links within. |
 Leeds
to Wetherby
From junction on Leeds Selby at Cross Gates to Wetherby, via Penda’s
Way, Scholes, Thorner, Bardsey, & Collingham Bridge.
N.E.R 1876. Photo's : Phill Davison.
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