Adwalton junction to Batley
section
Drighlington & Adwalton
Opening 20th August 1856.
Closed 30th December 1961.
Situated on the Great Northern Line Adwalton junction, between
Birkenshaw & Tong, Gildersome & Howden Clough. |
Adwalton c1959 :
Melvyn Aveyard
 This is loco No 42116 at Adwalton junction.
Just behind the train the Adwalton to Dewsbury line,
joins the Adwalton to Tingley line,
which ran through Gildersome & Morley top stations.
I don't know the exact date of the picture,
but believe it to be about 1959. Adwalton station is just in front of the train,
the picture may well have been taken from the platform.
The road crossing the line is Field Head lane. |
 Hybrid
Map Adwalton Junction GNR & Leeds New Line (roads 2005 rails 1960s) |
 Adwalton junction : Maggie Blanck
website -
www.maggieblanck.com/Land/PhotosBirstall.html
Train approaching Adwalton junction, running from Morley Top via
Gildersome.
The old brickworks chimney visible in the background, still in
existence, this building is now the Brickworks pub.
The houses just visible to the front left of the loco are on Wakefield
road at Drighlington. |
 A62
Gelderd Road (07-12-07) :
Andrew Stopford
A62 Gelderd Road, Birstall, looking towards Nab Lane. Bridge parapet
from GNR Batley-Adwalton line. |
 A62
Gelderd Road (07-12-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Looking along what was the line of the GNR Batley-Adwalton
line - Gelderd Road bridge parapet visible beneath Bella Italia.
The line ran right through ToysRus! |
 Howden
Clough (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
Underneath me and running from right to left is
the Batley-Adwalton line.
Even further underneath and running from behind me to in front of me is
the Leeds New Line (looking
towards Gildersome Tunnel). Impossible to imagine! |
 Howden
Clough Leeds road bridge (18-08-06) : Andrew Stopford
I guess this is the only remains of the north
western abutment of the GN bridge over Leeds Road at Howden Clough.
It's
very difficult when you go up Nab Lane to orientate how the bridge
crossing of the GN line over the Leeds New was laid out because of all
that infill! |
 Howden
Clough (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
End of the embankment at Howden Clough. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton overbridge site, Scotchman lane, Batley. Adwalton
side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton overbridge site, Scotchman
lane. Batley side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
GNR Batley-Adwalton trackbed, near Lamplands
House, Upper Batley. Batley side. |
 Upper
Batley (07-12-07) : Andrew Stopford
As above - Adwalton side. |
 Bridge Upper Batley (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Bridge abutment remains near Upper Batley on the Great Northern railway
Drighlington & Adwalton junction to Batley line. |
 Crossing
Upper Batley (02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Former crossing point & gate near Upper Batley. |
 Lady
Anne Crossing, Batley
(02-07-06) : Andrew Stopford
Eastern abutment at Lady Anne crossing.
Here the GNR crossed the LNWR Huddersfield to Leeds line on a girder
bridge. |
 Lady
Anne Crossing, Batley
(25-12-05) : Andrew Stopford
Western abutment & Batley signal box (used to
be called Lady Anne Crossing).
During rationalization of the Batley area in 1966, this small Lady Anne
gate box, was upgraded to a full signal box,
replacing three others
controlling Batley.
This is one of the only four surviving boxes controlling Kirklees
railways. |
 Batley
to Osset section
Dewsbury
& Batley Map c1900 |
 Shaw
Cross line (06-06) : Andrew
Stopford
Old bridge over the Shaw Cross line just outside Batley as it was in
June this year. |
 Shaw
Cross-1 (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I'm sure I'm standing on the line of the branch - looking
towards Batley between 'old' and 'new' Owl Lane. |
 Shaw
Cross-8 (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Leeds Road, at the point where the line went underneath,
looking towards Ossett (Parish Church spire visible). |
 Chickenley (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Looking across the new Wakefield Road (built after
the railway had gone, I think) towards Ossett.
The line came through where the new houses are centre shot. |
 Chickenley (15-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Shot over the top of a razor wire garden fence!
looking towards Shaw Cross from more or less the same point - trees to
right mark line of trackbed. |
 Chickenley
Heath-1 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Now a footpath from a car park at Pildacre Lane,
Chickenley Heath branch looking towards Runtlings Junction just south of
Pildacre Lane. |
 Chickenley
Heath-2 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Slightly further south. |
 Chickenley
Heath-3 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Approaching Runtlings Junction. |
 Chickenley
Heath-5 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Between Chickenley & Pildacre Lane - looking west from
Love Lane.
Branch runs horizontally marked by line of trees & fencing centre shot. |
 Chickenley
Heath-6 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Standing on a crossing point looking south towards
Pildacre Lane - another infrastructure survivor at left! |
 Chickenley
Heath-7 (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Same point looking north at Chickenley. |
 Chickenley
Heath (02-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Chickenley Heath branch - this part of it is now a footpath. Looking
south from Pildacre Lane towards Runtlings Junction.
The branch runs between the trees near the top of the photo. |
Runtlings Lane Junction
 Runtlings lane junction-1 (07-04-07)
: Andrew Stopford
Runtlings Junction looking north west Earlsheaton line
goes to left (through the goal posts),
Chickenley Heath line diverges to the right. |
 Runtlings lane junction-3 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Same point looking towards Ossett - new building across
trackbed. |
 Runtlings lane junction-4 (07-04-07) :
Andrew Stopford
Standing on the line of the track behind the new building
in above shot - even more new building! |
  Osset
Station
Osset Station House (03-02-07) : Andrew Stopford
Osset Station House - it fits with the old OS map and is in line with the
Station Road overbridge.
(see below) |
 Osset Station House (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Access to the station house that I photographed
earlier - obvious railway access,
and the house indeed has a plate
saying "Station House - GNR", so I guessed right when I was there
before! |
 Osset Station House (07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
Detail of surviving electrical equipment on the
wall. |
 Station
Road overbridge (03-02-07) : Andrew Stopford
which is still there (although infilled and built either side). |
 Goods
Shed (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking from the Station Road overbridge down at the site of the Goods
Shed (view towards Wakefield) |
 Ossett
Station platform (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Standing precisely on the site of the platform, looking towards
Wakefield. Station Road overbridge visible running left to right. |
 Intake
Lane, Ossett (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Intake Lane, Ossett. Site of level crossing and rail exit from Ossett
Station (Wakefield to left).
Site of station & goods yard is to right. |
 Intake
Lane, Ossett (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Same spot, looking in opposite direction (station
site to left). |
 Station
& goods yard boundary (03-02-08) : Andrew Stopford
Intake Lane infrastructure survivor! Concrete gate post marking the
boundary of the Station & goods yard. |
 Ossett-2
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
looking south west - the line from Wakefield went through
here at about this point in the direction of the shot. I think the red
brick building has a 'railway' look about it. |
 Ossett-1
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I think this is a surviving piece of trackbed a bit
further south west from the above shot. |
 Ossett-3
(07-04-07) : Andrew Stopford
I think the grass in mid shot (now a play area) is a piece
of trackbed - Broadgate looking north east. |
Osset to Wakefield section
 Towngate,
Ossett
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Remains of embankment and approach to viaduct site
crossing Towngate, Ossett (looking towards Wakefield).
Now a childrens' play area. |
 Towngate,
Ossett
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking down into Towngate from the embankment. No
visible sign of any viaduct, but it was a substantial one. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Flushdyke Summit site - looking towards Wakefield
(visible in the distance). The very slight 'hump' in the grass centre shot
marks the line of the railway. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking across Wakefield Rd, Flushdyke, along the
line of the railway towards Ossett. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Looking back towards Wakefield Road along the
alignment of the railway.
The red and green low roofed 'shed' above the parked yellow and blue
lorries is on the line. |
 Flushdyke
Station
Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Wakefield Road, Flushdyke. Site of crossing point,
presumably a bridge.
I think this would also be the site of Flushdyke Station (where the red
brick/green roofed building is). Wakefield to left. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
Close up - remains of embankment. |
 Flushdyke
(13-01-08) : Andrew Stopford
On the alignment of the railway, looking back
towards Ossett. Not much to see because of massive road building. |
 Alverthorpe Station
Alverthorpe
(19-11-07) : Andrew Stopford
Alverthorpe station site |
 Alverthorpe
(19-11-07) : Andrew Stopford
Alverthorpe station site |
Wrenthorpe West Junction
 Wrenthorpe
Junction (29-11-07)
: Andrew Stopford
This is Wrenthorpe Junction, Wakefield, where the line to Ossett &
Dewsbury/Chickenley diverged.
There was apparently a big embankment here, but it's been removed.
The surfaced path marks the route towards Alverthorpe, just over the hill. |
