Armley Moor railway station
Armley Moor | |
|---|---|
 Site of Armley Moor railway station in 2006 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Armley, City of Leeds England |
| Coordinates | 53°47′42″N 1°35′45″W / 53.7950°N 1.5958°W |
| Grid reference | SE267332 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 August 1854 | Station opens as Armley and Wortley |
| 25 September 1950 | Station renamed Armley Moor |
| 4 July 1966 | Station closes |
Armley Moor railway station was a station on the former
Bramley
. The location was between Carr Crofts and Wortley Road bridges, accessed via Station Road.
It served the
Beeching Axe. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[1]
History
Opened by the
nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board
.
The site today
Trains still pass the site on what is now known as the
Caldervale Line
, but all of the structures (platforms & buildings) have been demolished.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bramley
|
London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway |
Holbeck (high level) | ||
| London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway |
Beeston |
References
- ISBN 9780099539773.
- OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Disused stations
External links
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