Morley Top | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Morley, West Yorkshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.7409°N -1.6011°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Original: | Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Northern Railway |
Postgroup: | LNER British Railways (North Eastern Region) |
Events: | Opened as Morley |
Years1: | 2 March 1951 |
Events1: | Name changed to Morley Top |
Years2: | 2 January 1961 |
Events2: | Closed to passengers |
Events3: | Closed to goods |
Morley Top railway station served the town of Morley, West Yorkshire, England, from 1857 to 1969 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.
The station opened as Morley on 10 October 1857 by the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. Its name was changed to Morley Top on 2 March 1951 to avoid confusion with another station of the same name. The station closed to passengers on 2 January 1961[1] and closed to goods in May 1969.[2] The station master's house still survives.[3]