Thackley railway station
Thackley | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°50′36″N 1°44′08″W / 53.84324°N 1.73567°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1878 | Opened |
| 2 February 1931 | Closed (passenger) |
| 7 October 1968 | Closed (line) |
Thackley railway station was a railway station in Thackley, West Yorkshire, England.[1]
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
- ^ Whitaker, Alan; Myland, Brian. Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford. Bellcode books. ISBN 1-871233-03-8.
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (1999). The Great Northern Railway in the East Riding. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-19-8.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.