Methley railway station explained

Methley North
Status:Disused
Borough:Methley, City of Leeds
Country:England
Coordinates:53.7408°N -1.4147°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:North Midland Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 April 1841
Events:Station opened as Methley
Years1:25 September 1950
Events1:renamed Methley North
Years2:16 September 1957
Events2:Station closed[1]

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]

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Notes and References

  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