Dudley Hill railway station

Dudley Hill railway station was a railway station that served Dudley Hill, West Yorkshire, England.

Dudley Hill
Location	Dudley Hill, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53.7745°N 1.7208°W
Grid reference	SE184308
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	GNR
Post-grouping	L&NER
Key dates
20 August 1856	Opened (passenger)
1 January 1857	Opened (goods)
7 April 1952	Closed (passenger)
1981	Closed (line)

Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Bradford Exchange Bradford Interchange St Dunstans to the Queensbury lines Bradford Adolphus Street Bowling Bowling Junction Laisterdyke to Low Moor & Halifax Shipley and Windhill Line New Pudsey Stanningley Pudsey loop line railway Dudley Hill Bramley Armley Moor to Low Moor to Leeds–Doncaster line Birkenshaw and Tong to Leeds City Drighlington and Adwalton Holbeck (High level) to Batley (GN) Leeds Central Gildersome West Morley Top to Batley (GN) Tingley to Leeds Ardsley to Rothwell to Methley Outwood Lofthouse and Outwood to Batley (GN) Wakefield Westgate to Doncaster to Wakefield Kirkgate

History

The line was open to passengers on 20 August 1856 and to goods traffic on 1 January 1857. The station closed in 1952 but passenger services on the line continued until 4 July 1966 and goods traffic continued until 1981.[1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Laisterdyke		Great Northern Railway		Low Moor or Birkenshaw and Tong

References

1. Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.