Stanningley railway station

Stanningley
Station building, 2007.
Location
Place Stanningley, Pudsey
Area City of Leeds
Coordinates 53°48′19″N 1°39′54″W / 53.8053°N 1.6650°W / 53.8053; -1.6650Coordinates: 53°48′19″N 1°39′54″W / 53.8053°N 1.6650°W / 53.8053; -1.6650
Grid reference SE 221 343
Operations
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
History
1 August 1854 opened
1 January 1968 closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Stanningley railway station, also called Stanningley for Farsley, is a closed railway station in Stanningley, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, located about 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Leeds station. It also served Farsley[1] and Pudsey, the latter namely until the Pudsey Loop was built.

It was opened on 1 August 1854 as a station on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, later part of the GNR, from Leeds Central station to Bradford Adolphus Street. On 1 April 1878 a branch from Stanningley to Pudsey Greenside was opened which eventually evolved into the Pudsey Loop.[2] Having been renamed into Stanningley for Farsley, the station name reverted to Stanningley in 1961. Stanningley railway station closed on 1 January 1968,[3] while the line itself has remained open, with trains of the Calder Valley Line passing the site of the former station.

Short freight train passing through Stanningley station in the 1950s

The station had a sizeable goods yard. The goods shed has survived almost intact and is used by a builders’ merchant,[3] while the station building is used as business premises. In its function as a railway station for Farsley, it has been replaced by New Pudsey railway station which is situated about 1 mile further west.

References

  1. ↑ A. M. Ross (1957). "Rail Tour of the West Riding. Part Three. Wakefield-Ardsley-Bradford". Trains Illustrated.
  2. ↑ "Pudsey Loop. 1893 - 1964. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854 - Present. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  • "Map of Stanningley, 1850s".
  • "Map of Stanningley, 1890".
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