Denholme railway station

Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°53′19″W / 53.799820°N 1.888600°W

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Denholme
The site of the station looking north
General information
Location	Denholme, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53°47′59″N 1°53′19″W / 53.799820°N 1.888600°W / 53.799820; -1.888600
Grid reference	SE074337
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Key dates
1 Jan 1884	opened
23 May 1955	closed (passenger)
10 April 1961	closed (goods)

Denholme railway station was a station on the Keighley-Queensbury section of the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax via Queensbury.

History

The station was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1884,^[1] almost 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the town of Denholme, West Yorkshire, England. By road, the station was accessed by an unlit and downhill road (Station Road) from the village. The station had an island platform which was accessed by a long iron footbridge which spanned the down tracks. The site also housed a goods yard, with stone-built shed, stables, and numerous sidings - with coal and timber being the principal traffic, as evident from photographs of the site whilst it was still in operation. The station master's house (Station House) was built adjacent to and overlooking the site. There were railway tunnels at either end of the site.

The station closed to passengers on 23 May 1955^[2] along with the rest of the line from Keighley to Queensbury. It remained open for goods traffic - predominantly timber - until 1961. The site was then purchased by a timber merchant and converted to a large timber yard. The timber yard closed in 2012^[3] and the site is now (2016) vacant, but with outline planning permission for a small housing estate. Station House is still standing, having been converted to a private residence.

References

^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. Denholme
^ Haigh, A J (2012). Railways in West Yorkshire. Xpress Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1901056-44-0.
^ Holland, Chris (11 July 2012). "Charles Taylor steps in to save threatened timber depot". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

External links

Denholme station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Thornton		Great Northern Railway Queensbury lines		Wilsden

v t e Railway stations in the City of Bradford
National Rail	Apperley Bridge Baildon Ben Rhydding Bingley Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Burley-in-Wharfedale Crossflatts Frizinghall Ilkley Keighley Low Moor Menston Saltaire Shipley Steeton and Silsden
Heritage lines	Damems Haworth Ingrow (West) Keighley Oakworth Oxenhope
Disused stations	Addingham Birkenshaw and Tong Bowling Bowling Junction Bradford Adolphus Street Bradford Exchange Clayton Cullingworth Denholme Dudley Hill Eccleshill Esholt Great Horton Horton Park Idle Idle (L&B) Ingrow (East) Laisterdyke Manchester Road Manningham Queensbury Shipley and Windhill St Dunstans Thackley Thornton Thwaites Wilsden Wyke and Norwood Green
See also	Bradford Crossrail City Road Goods Branch Shipley Glen Tramway

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