Idle railway station (Leeds and Bradford Railway)
Idle railway station was a short-lived station serving Idle, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
Idle | |
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Location | Idle, City of Bradford England |
Coordinates | 53.845770°N 1.743960°W |
Grid reference | SE169388 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Leeds and Bradford Railway |
Key dates | |
1847 | opened |
1848 | closed |
It was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1847, but it was closed the next year.[1] It was located near the west entrance of the Thackley Tunnel. This station was very much closer to Thackley than to Idle.
Later, in 1875 another Idle station was built, on the Great Northern Railway's Shipley Windhill Line.
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Train near the location of the former station
References
- Young, Alan (2015). Lost stations of Yorkshire - the West Riding. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85794-438-9. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- Whitaker, Alan & Myland, Brian, 1993 Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford. Bellcode Books, ISBN 1-871233-03-8
- Bairstow, Martin 2004 Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. ISBN 1-871944-28-7
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Shipley | Leeds and Bradford 1847–1848 |
Apperley Bridge |
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