Grid reference SE169321 21 November 1878 Station opens Platforms in use 4 | 15 September 1952 Station closes | |
Original company Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Similar Shipley and Windhill r, Laisterdyke railway station, Queensbury railway station, Horton Park - Bradford, Damems railway station | ||
St Dunstans railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
History
When the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway (later absorbed by the Great Northern) arrived in Bradford they initially built a terminus at Adolphus Street. This was poorly situated, so a link line was built from east of the terminus looping south and joining the existing Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Mill Lane junction, allowing LB & HJ services to enter the station. When the Queensbury Lines were constructed they entered Bradford from the west and passed under the L&YR line south of Mill Lane junction. They then formed a Y junction with the GN link line, just to the east of Mill Lane junction. St. Dunstan's was built in this location as a transfer station so that passengers travelling east / west could change trains without entering Bradford Exchange. With the run down in Queensbury services patronage of the station fell and it closed in 1952.