Armley Canal Road railway station

This article is about the former Midland Armley station. For the former Great Northern station, see Armley Moor railway station.

Armley Canal Road
Booking office of Armley Canal Road in 2008
Location
Place	Armley
Area	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°48′04″N 1°34′58″W / 53.8010°N 1.5829°W / 53.8010; -1.5829Coordinates: 53°48′04″N 1°34′58″W / 53.8010°N 1.5829°W / 53.8010; -1.5829
Grid reference	SE275339
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
September 1847	Station opens as Armley
25 September 1950	Station renamed Armley Canal Road
22 March 1965	Station closes
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Armley Canal Road railway station was a station on the former Midland Railway between Leeds and Shipley. It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1965.

History

Opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846 (which was subsequently absorbed by the Midland Railway), it became part of the :London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board as part of the Beeching Axe.

The site today

The main station building still survives on Canal Road (as can be seen from the accompanying photo) and is used as commercial premises. The owners re-painted the station sign, though not in the original colours or font. However nothing remains of the station at rail level other than the gap between the lines where the island platform formerly stood.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Leeds		London Midland and Scottish Railway Midland Railway		Kirkstall

References

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
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External links

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Armley Canal Road station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

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