Manchester Road railway station (Bradford)

      Manchester Road
      Location
      Place Bradford
      Area City of Bradford
      Coordinates 53°46′54″N 1°45′29″W / 53.781650°N 1.758010°W / 53.781650; -1.758010Coordinates: 53°46′54″N 1°45′29″W / 53.781650°N 1.758010°W / 53.781650; -1.758010
      Grid reference SE160317
      Operations
      Original company Bradford and Thornton Railway
      Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
      Platforms 2
      History
      14 October 1878 (1878-10-14) Station opened
      31 December 1915 (1915-12-31) Station closed
      Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
      Closed railway stations in Britain
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      Bradford Lines
      To Skipton
      To Skipton
      Steeton and Silsden
      Ilkley
      Keighley (GN) / Keighley
      Ben Rhydding
      Burley-in-Wharfedale
      Menston
      Ingrow West / Ingrow (East)
      Crossflatts / Guiseley
      Damems / Cullingworth
      Bingley / Esholt
      Oakworth / Wilsden
      Saltaire / Baildon
      Haworth / Denholme
      Shipley / Apperley Bridge
      Oxenhope / Thornton
      Shipley & Windhill / Thackley
      To Leeds
      Queensbury
      Frizinghall / Idle
      To Halifax
      Manningham
      Forster Square
      Clayton / City Road
      Exchange
      Great Horton
      Interchange / Adolphus Street
      Horton Park
      St Dunstans
      Manchester Road
      Eccleshill
      Bowling
      Bowling Junction
      Laisterdyke
      To Leeds
      To Leeds
      Dudley Hill
      Birkenshaw and Tong;To Leeds
      Low Moor
      Low Moor
      To Mirfield
      Wyke & Norwood Green
      To Halifax

      Manchester Road railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station opened in 1878 but closed to passengers in 1916 however the goods yard remained open until 1963. The station was bypassed by a single line after 1963 to serve the City Road Goods Branch.

      Preceding station Disused railways Following station
      City Road   Great Northern Railway   St Dunstans
      Horton Park Laisterdyke

      References

      • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8. 


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