Bradford Adolphus Street railway station

Bradford Adolphus Street railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

Bradford Adolphus Street
Location
Place	Bradford
Area	City of Bradford
Coordinates	53.78855°N 1.74497°W / 53.78855; -1.74497
Grid reference	SE168325
Operations
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern
History
1 August 1854	opened
7 January 1867	closed to passengers
1 May 1972	closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Bradford Lines
Leeds & Bradford Extn Rly to Skipton Skipton–Ilkley line to Skipton Steeton and Silsden Ilkley Keighley Ben Rhydding Keighley (GN) Burley-in-Wharfedale Menston Guiseley Ingrow West Ingrow East Crossflatts Damems Cullingworth Bingley Esholt Oakworth Wilsden Saltaire Baildon Haworth Denholme Shipley Oxenhope Thornton Shipley and Windhill Apperley Bridge to Halifax Queensbury Frizinghall Clayton Manningham Great Horton Bradford Forster Sq Horton Park Bradford Exchange City Road Bradford Interchange Airedale line to Leeds Manchester Road St Dunstans Bradford Adolphus St Thackley Bowling Idle Bowling Junction Laisterdyke Eccleshill Calder Valley line to Leeds to Leeds Dudley Hill Birkenshaw and Tong Pudsey loop line railway to Leeds Low Moor│ Low Moor Goods Spen Valley line to Mirfield Wyke and Norwood Green Calder Valley line to Halifax

History

When the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway (later absorbed by the Great Northern) arrived in Bradford they initially built a terminus at Adolphus Street. It was poorly situated and so a branch line was built from east of the terminus that looped south and joined the existing Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Mill Lane junction. That allowed LB & HJ services to enter Bradford Exchange station.[2]

The station was closed to passengers in 1867 but remained in use for parcels and freight traffic until 1972. The station was later demolished.[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Great Northern Leeds-Bradford lines		Laisterdyke

References

1. Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
2. 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.
3. "Bradford Adolphus Street". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

External links

• Adolphus Street on Disused Stations