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Idle railway station (Leeds and Bradford Railway)

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Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

Idle
General information
LocationIdle, City of Bradford
England
Coordinates53°50′45″N 1°44′38″W / 53.845770°N 1.743960°W / 53.845770; -1.743960
Grid referenceSE169388
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLeeds and Bradford Railway
Key dates
1847opened
1848closed

Idle railway station was a short-lived station serving Idle, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

It was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1847, but it was closed the next year. It was located near the west entrance of the Thackley Tunnel. This station was very much closer to Thackley than to Idle.

Later, in 1875 another Idle station was built, on the Great Northern Railway's Shipley Windhill Line.

Train near the location of the former station

References

  1. Young, Alan (2015). Lost stations of Yorkshire - the West Riding. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85794-438-9. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  • Whitaker, Alan & Myland, Brian, 1993 Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford. Bellcode Books, ISBN 1-871233-03-8
  • Bairstow, Martin 2004 Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. ISBN 1-871944-28-7
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Shipley   Leeds and Bradford
1847–1848
  Apperley Bridge
Railway stations in the City of Bradford
National Rail
Heritage lines
Disused stations
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