Methley Junction railway station

Former railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°43′40″N 1°24′00″W / 53.727726°N 1.399915°W / 53.727726; -1.399915Grid referenceSE396258Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 October 1849Station opened4 October 1943Station closed
Railway Clearing House diagram including the L&Y Methley station in 1912.

Methley Junction railway station was one of three stations that served the village of Methley, West Yorkshire, England. It opened on 1 October 1849 and closed on 4 October 1943.[1]

The station was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on its line from Knottingley which joined the line of the North Midland Railway (currently used by the Hallam Line) north of the junction of the Woodlesford–Castleford (Midland) and the Woodlesford–Normanton (North Eastern Railway) tracks. South of the station, the Methley Joint Railway to Lofthouse branched off from the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. The site of the former station is now part of a housing estate.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Castleford Cutsyke Junction to Methley Junction 1849 - 1968". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
  2. ^ Nigel Thompson. "Methley Junction railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph Britain and Ireland.

External links

  • Methley Junction station (shown closed) on navigable 1947 O. S. map