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Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station

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SE303326

Original company
  
Area
  
City of Leeds

1 March 1851
  
Station closed

Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station

1 July 1840
  
Station opened as Leeds

1 January 1849
  
renamed Leeds Hunslet Lane

Similar
  
Altofts railway station, Woodlesford railway station, Rotherham Masborough railway st, Leeds Central railway st, Normanton railway station

Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station was opened by the North Midland Railway in Leeds in 1840 in what was, at the time a middle class area, south of the city.

Designed by Francis Thompson, the trainshed consisted of an iron roof in four spans, with five lines running into it. Three of the lines were used for stabling carriages that were not in use under the central span, while each outer span had one line with a platform 300 yards (274 m) long. Turntables were provided at each end and the offices on the western side were fronted by an arcade with an arch surmounted with the arms of Leeds, Sheffield and Derby.

It was shared by the Manchester and Leeds Railway which ran on the NMR tracks from just north of Normanton since Parliament had refused to sanction two lines running side by side.

It was replaced by the Midland Railway in 1846 by Wellington station and became a goods depot which closed in 1972. The site is now occupied by the Crown Point Retail Park which opened in 1989.

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Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station Wikipedia


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