Newlay and Horsforth railway station
Newlay and Horsforth | |
|---|---|
 Eastbound freight train passing through Newlay station in 1964 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Newlay, City of Leeds England |
| Coordinates | 53°49′37″N 1°38′13″W / 53.827°N 1.637°W |
| Grid reference | SE239368 |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Leeds and Bradford Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1846 | Station opened as Newlay |
| 1889 | Station renamed as Newlay and Horsforth |
| 1961 | Station renamed as Newlay |
| 1965 | Station closed |
Newlay and Horsforth railway station, until 1889 and from 1961 called Newlay station, was a station on the route of the former
Wharfedale Line), located on the right bank of the River Aire and on the left bank of the Leeds and Liverpool canal between Horsforth in the north and Bramley in the south. It was accessed from Pollard Lane, which still crosses the railway on a bridge there, and served mainly the southern parts of Horsforth in West Yorkshire, England
.
History
The
nationalisation, the station became part of the network of the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1948. It was closed on 22 March 1965 by the British Railways Board as a consequence of the Beeching Axe,[5] together with the stations Armley Canal Road, Kirkstall, Calverley & Rodley and Apperley Bridge on the same line.[6]
Current situation
The station buildings have been demolished after closure, and the additional tracks built in 1905 were removed in 1967.[7] Only the through tracks remain, which now carry services of the Airedale Line and the Wharfedale Line.[3]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverley and Rodley | Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Railway |
Kirkstall Forge | ||
References
- ^ Young 2015, p. 14.
- ^ Bairstow 2004, p. 107.
- ^ a b Nigel Thompson (30 June 2014). "Newlay & Horsforth railway station (site), Yorkshire". geograph.org.uk.
- ^ Mark Stevenson (2016). "National Ordnance Factory, Newlay, Leeds". geograph.org.uk.
- ^ "Station Closures". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
- ^ Young 2015, p. 17.
- ^ Bairstow 2004, p. 11.
Sources
- Bairstow, Martin (2004). Railways through Airedale & Wharfedale. Farsley: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-28-7.
- Young, Alan (2015). Lost stations of Yorkshire. Kettering: Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-438-9.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newlay and Horsforth railway station.
- "1890s map of the surroundings of Newlay station". Retrieved 20 November 2016.