Denholme railway station
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Denholme railway station was a station on the Keighley-Queensbury section of the Queensbury Lines
which ran between Keighley
, Bradford
and Halifax
via Queensbury
.
in 1884,, almost 1 miles (1.6 km) from the village of Denholme
, West Yorkshire
, England
. It was accessed by a long dimly lit passage way from the village. The station had an island platform which was accessed by a long iron footbridge which spanned the goods yard. It closed to passengers on 23 May 1955 along with the rest of the line from Keighley to Queensbury. It remained open for goods mainly from a local timber merchants until 1961. The site has been cleared and is now occupied by a warehouse and timber yard.
The Queensbury Lines
The Queensbury Lines were part of the Great Northern Railway in West Yorkshire, England. They opened in 1882 and closed in 1955, however goods trains continued to run until 1974 between Bradford Exchange and Horton Park Station....
which ran between Keighley
Keighley
Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...
, Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
and Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
via Queensbury
Queensbury, West Yorkshire
Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford itself, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with fine views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the...
.
History
The station was built by the Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
in 1884,, almost 1 miles (1.6 km) from the village of Denholme
Denholme
Denholme is a small town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is west of Bradford, from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax. Administratively, it is part of the Bingley Rural ward of the City of Bradford...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was accessed by a long dimly lit passage way from the village. The station had an island platform which was accessed by a long iron footbridge which spanned the goods yard. It closed to passengers on 23 May 1955 along with the rest of the line from Keighley to Queensbury. It remained open for goods mainly from a local timber merchants until 1961. The site has been cleared and is now occupied by a warehouse and timber yard.