St Dunstans railway station
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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 |
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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 | ||
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| Bradford Exchange | Great Northern Railway Leeds-Bradford Lines |
Laisterdyke | ||
| 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.