Armley Canal Road railway station

Armley Canal Road railway station was a station on the former Midland Railway between Leeds and Shipley. It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1965.

This article is about the former Midland Armley station. For the former Great Northern station, see Armley Moor railway station.

Armley Canal Road
Booking office of Armley Canal Road in 2008
LocationArmley, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates53.8010°N 1.5829°W / 53.8010; -1.5829
Grid referenceSE275339
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLeeds and Bradford Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
September 1847Station opens as Armley
25 September 1950Station renamed Armley Canal Road
22 March 1965Station closes

History

Opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846 (which was subsequently absorbed by the Midland Railway), it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board as part of the Beeching Axe in March 1965.

The site today
View across the site of the platforms to the street level building

The main station building still survives on Canal Road (as can be seen from the accompanying photo) and is used as commercial premises. The owners re-painted the station sign, though not in the original colours or font. However nothing remains of the station at rail level other than the gap between the lines where the island platform formerly stood.[1]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Holbeck (Low level)   London Midland and Scottish Railway
Midland Railway
   Kirkstall

References
  1. Armley Canal Road railway station site Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 29 November 2016
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.


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