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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Bowling Railway Station (England)

Bowling railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was on the line connecting the Bradford Exchange - Low Moor line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway with the line of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) at Laisterdyke. It was opened by the GNR on 1 August 1854 and closed to passengers on 1 February 1895. The line remained open to freight until 4 May 1964. No trace remains of the station which was located northeast of the bridge crossing Wakefield Road.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bowling Junction   Great Northern Railway   Laisterdyke

References

  1. ^ "BOWLING JN - LAISTERDYKE (1¾ miles)". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ Yorkshire CCXVI.NE (includes: Bradford.) (Map). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1895.

Literature

  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.