Stanningley | |
|---|---|
 Station building in March 2007. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Stanningley, Pudsey, Pudsey England |
| Coordinates | 53°48′19″N 1°39′54″W / 53.8053°N 1.6650°W |
| Grid reference | SE 221 343 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 August 1854 | Station opened |
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed |
Stanningley railway station, also called Stanningley for Farsley, is a closed railway station in Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England, located about 5 miles (8 km) west of Leeds station. It also served Farsley[1] and Pudsey, the latter namely until the Pudsey Loop was built.
It was opened on 1 August 1854 as a station on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, later part of the GNR, from Leeds Central station to Bradford Adolphus Street. On 1 April 1878 a branch from Stanningley to Pudsey Greenside was opened which eventually evolved into the Pudsey loop line railway.[2] Having been renamed into Stanningley for Farsley, the station name reverted to Stanningley in 1961. Stanningley railway station closed on 1 January 1968,[3] while the line itself has remained open, with trains of the Calder Valley Line passing the site of the former station.
The station had a sizeable goods yard. The goods shed has survived almost intact and is used by a builders’ merchant,[3] while the station building is used as business premises. In its function as a railway station for Farsley, it has been replaced by New Pudsey railway station which is situated about 1 mile further west.
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