Cullingworth railway station

Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°49′35″N 1°54′12″W / 53.826260°N 1.903420°W / 53.826260; -1.903420Grid referenceSE064366Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Northern RailwayPre-groupingGreat Northern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates7 April 1884 (1884-04-07)Station opened23 May 1955 (1955-05-23)Station closed for passengers11 November 1963closed for freight

Cullingworth railway station was a station on the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax. The station served the village of Cullingworth, West Yorkshire, England. It opened for passengers in 1884^[1] and closed in May 1955.^[2] Goods traffic continued until 1963, when the surviving line closed completely.^[3]

The station was about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Wilsden railway station and was near to the 150-yard (140 m) long 9 arch Cullingworth Viaduct, which exists to this day.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Cobb, M. H. (2003). The railways of Great Britain : a historical atlas at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile vol. 2. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 395. ISBN 0-7110-3003-0.
^ Burgess, Neil (2014). The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's West Riding; The Central Section. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 39. ISBN 9781840336573.
^ "Disused Stations: Cullingworth Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ Cowland, Alex (15 March 2016). "Cullingworth village - past and present". cravenandvalleylifemagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ Bairstow, Martin (1999). Great Northern railway in the West Riding. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 46. ISBN 1-871944-19-8.