Thackley railway station

Thackley railway station was a railway station in Thackley, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

Thackley
LocationThackley, City of Bradford
England
Coordinates53.84324°N 1.73567°W / 53.84324; -1.73567
Grid referenceSE174385
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 March 1878Opened
2 February 1931Closed (passenger)
7 October 1968Closed (line)

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. 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.
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