City Road Goods Branch Explained

City Road Goods Branch
Status:Disused
Borough:Bradford, City of Bradford
Country:England
Coordinates:53.7985°N -1.779°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway

The City Road Goods branch was a goods only branch serving the Lister Hills area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

History

Proposed as part of the Bradford and Thornton Railways Act (1865), later withdrawn but then incorporated (24 July 1871) and amalgamated with the Great Northern Railway (18 July 1872). The line to City Road from St Dunstans opened on 4 December 1876 and consisted of a branch from just east of Horton Park at Horton Junction travelling north for NaNmiles. It closed when goods services were withdrawn from the stub of the St Dunstans to Thornton line on 26 August 1972.

The warehouses were converted into offices of a haulage company. However, they were destroyed in a fire in the 1980s.

References

  1. Book: Joy, David . 1984 . A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire . David St John Thomas . 0-94653-711-9 . registration .