St Dunstans railway station

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°W / 53.7853; -1.7449Coordinates: 53°47′07″N 1°44′42″W / 53.7853°N 1.7449°W / 53.7853; -1.7449
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
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Frizinghall / Idle
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Horton Park

St Dunstans
Manchester Road

Eccleshill
Bowling
Bowling Junction
Laisterdyke

To Leeds

To Leeds
Dudley Hill
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To Leeds
Low Moor
Low Moor
To Mirfield
Wyke & Norwood Green
To Halifax

St Dunstans railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

History

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
  Great Northern Railway
Queensbury Lines
  Manchester Road

References

  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.


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