Bowling railway station (England)

Bowling
Site of the station in 1961
Location
Place Bradford
Area City of Bradford
Coordinates 53°47′11″N 1°44′14″W / 53.786500°N 1.737314°W / 53.786500; -1.737314Coordinates: 53°47′11″N 1°44′14″W / 53.786500°N 1.737314°W / 53.786500; -1.737314
Grid reference SE174322
Operations
Original company Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
History
1 August 1854[1] opened
1 February 1895 closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Bowling railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was on the line connecting the Bradford Exchange - Low Moor line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway with the line of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) at Laisterdyke. It was opened by the GNR on 1 August 1854 and closed to passengers on 1 February 1895. The line remained open to freight until 4 May 1964. No trace remains of the station[1] which was located northeast of the bridge crossing Wakefield Road.[2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bowling Junction   Great Northern Railway   Laisterdyke

References

  1. 1 2 "BOWLING JN - LAISTERDYKE (1¾ miles)". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Yorkshire CCXVI.NE (includes: Bradford.) (Map). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1895.

Literature

  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.


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