Thackley railway station

Thackley
Location
Place Thackley
Area City of Bradford
Coordinates 53°50′36″N 1°44′08″W / 53.84324°N 1.73567°WCoordinates: 53°50′36″N 1°44′08″W / 53.84324°N 1.73567°W
Grid reference SE174385
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 March 1878 Opened
2 February 1931 Closed (passenger)
7 October 1968 Closed (line)
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Thackley railway station was a railway station in Thackley, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

History

During the 1860s, two small railway companies were formed to promote suburban railways in Bradford, the Bradford, Eccleshill and Idle Railway and the Idle and Shipley Railway. Their schemes - and the companies themselves - were taken up by the Great Northern Railway, which built a line looping through the villages to the north-east of Bradford: from Laisterdyke, through Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley to Shipley.

The line was open to goods traffic on 4 May 1874, and to passengers on 18 January 1875.[2]

Thackley railway station was rebuilt in 1890-1894.[3]

Passenger service on the line ceased on 2 February 1931 and the passenger station closed, though goods traffic continued on the whole line until October 1964 and between Shipley and Idle until 1968.[4]

The line is now a public footpath, with only ruined buildings and partially demolished platforms at track level to show that this was a railway station.[5] The 1894 building still exists and is now a private dwelling, situated next to the 1874 humped back Crag Lane bridge.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shipley and Windhill   GNR
Shipley and Windhill line		   Idle

References

  1. ↑ Whitaker, Alan; Myland, Brian. Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford. Bellcode books. ISBN 1-871233-03-8.
  2. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1999). The Great Northern Railway in the East Riding. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-19-8.
  3. ↑ "Bradford.gov.uk - Thackley, Bradford Potential Conservation Area Report" (PDF). May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.