Stanningley railway station
53°48′19″N 1°39′54″W / 53.8053°N 1.6650°W / 53.8053; -1.6650
Stanningley railway station, also called Stanningley for Farsley, is a closed railway station in Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England, located about 5 mi (8 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 line railway.[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.
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 In its function as a railway station for Farsley, it has been replaced by New Pudsey railway station which is situated about 1 mile further west.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
- ^ A. M. Ross (1957). "Rail Tour of the West Riding. Part Three. Wakefield-Ardsley-Bradford". Trains Illustrated.
- ^ "Pudsey Loop. 1893 - 1964. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854 - Present. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
External links
- "Map of Stanningley, 1850s".
- "Map of Stanningley, 1890".