Place Armley Grid reference SE275339 Original company Midland Railway | Area City of Leeds Pre-grouping Midland Railway Platforms in use 2 | |
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Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway September 1847 Station opens as Armley Similar Armley Moor railway st, Leeds Industrial Museum, Collingham Bridge railway st, Kirkstall Forge railway st, Armley Park | ||
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.
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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
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.