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Methley railway station

Coordinates: 53°44′27″N 1°24′53″W / 53.740790°N 1.414740°W / 53.740790; -1.414740
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Methley North
Station house (2010)
General information
LocationMethley, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates53°44′27″N 1°24′53″W / 53.740790°N 1.414740°W / 53.740790; -1.414740
Grid referenceSE387273
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1841Station opened as Methley
25 September 1950renamed Methley North
16 September 1957Station closed[1]
A Railway Clearing House map of lines around Methley and Wakefield in 1912.

Methley railway station was opened in 1841 by the North Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds. At one time, there were three railway stations in Methley and in 1950, British Railways renamed it Methley North. It closed in 1957.

Slightly to the south, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway made a north-facing junction of its line from Knottingley and it built its own station (Methley Junction). This station opened on 1 October 1849 and closed on 4 October 1943.

A third station was built by the Methley Joint Railway, a line in which the L&YR, the GNR and the NER were shareholders. This station, opened on 1 May 1869, known as Methley Joint station was closed as Methley South on 7 March 1960.[2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Altofts and Whitwood
Line open; station closed
  North Midland Railway
Midland Railway
  Woodlesford
Line open; station open

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
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