St Dunstans railway station

St Dunstans
St Dunstans
	The location of the Leeds-Bradford platforms at St Dunstans. The Bradford-Queensbury platforms were in the grassy area to the left.
Location
Place	Bradford
Area	City of Bradford
Coordinates	53°47′07″N 1°44′42″W / 53.7853°N 1.7449°WCoordinates: 53°47′07″N 1°44′42″W / 53.7853°N 1.7449°W
Grid reference	SE169321
Operations
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Platforms	4
History
21 November 1878	Station opens
15 September 1952	Station closes
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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St Dunstans railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.^[1]

History

Passenger train passing St Dunstans station around 1960

When the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway (later absorbed by the Great Northern) arrived in Bradford they initially built a terminus at Adolphus Street. This was poorly situated, so a link line was built from east of the terminus looping south and joining the existing Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Mill Lane junction, allowing LB & HJ services to enter the station. When the Queensbury Lines were constructed they entered Bradford from the west and passed under the L&YR line south of Mill Lane junction. They then formed a Y junction with the GN link line, just to the east of Mill Lane junction. St. Dunstan's was built in this location as a transfer station so that passengers travelling east / west could change trains without entering Bradford Exchange.^[2] With the run down in Queensbury services patronage of the station fell and it closed in 1952.^[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bradford Exchange		Great Northern Railway Leeds-Bradford Lines		Laisterdyke
Bradford Exchange		Great Northern Railway Queensbury Lines		Manchester Road

References

↑ Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
↑ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
↑ Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.

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

[2] "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.

[3] Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.