Queensbury railway station
Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the West Yorkshire railway station. For the London Underground station, see Queensbury tube station.
Queensbury railway station was a station on the Queensbury lines serving the village of Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England. The station was unusual due to its triangular shape, and at its opening the only other examples of this arrangement were Ambergate station in Derbyshire and Earlestown in Lancashire; since then Shipley station, also in West Yorkshire, has gained platforms on all three sides.[1] Of the stations on the Queensbury lines, this was the most ambitious.
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Queensbury | |
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General information | |
Location | Queensbury, City of Bradford England |
Coordinates | 53.77613°N 1.84064°W / 53.77613; -1.84064 |
Grid reference | SE105311 |
Platforms | 3 (1879–1890) 6 (1890–1955) |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
April 1879 | Opened |
January 1890 | Station re-sited |
May 1955 | Closed to passengers |
1963 | Closed completely |
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