Penda's Way railway station explained

Penda's Way
Status:Disused
Borough:Cross Gates, City of Leeds
Country:England
Coordinates:53.8118°N -1.4374°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Postgroup:LNER until 1948, BR (N.E region) 1948 to closure
Years1:1939
Events1:Opened
Years2:1964
Events2:Closed

Penda's Way railway station was a railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line at the eastern edge of Cross Gates in West Yorkshire. The station opened on 5 June 1939[1] to serve a new housing estate and was named after a nearby battle where King Penda was killed. It closed on 6 January 1964[2] together with the line and has been demolished entirely.

The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which were both long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood.[3] A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of homing pigeons, but it had no freight facilities.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hoole . K. . Railway stations of the North East . 1985 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-8527-5 . 205.
  2. Bertram. D. . The lines to Wetherby and their traffic . Trains Illustrated . February 1961 . 99–106.
  3. Book: Barrington . E P . Bairstow . Martin . Railways around Harrogate. Volume three . 1998 . Martin Bairstow . Farsley . 1-871944-18-X . 48.
  4. Web site: Penda's Way . Nick Catford . 22 May 2017 . disused-stations.org.uk .