Pudsey Greenside railway station explained

Pudsey Greenside
Status:Disused
Borough:Pudsey, west Yorkshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.7899°N -1.6683°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1 April 1878
Events:Station opened
Years1:15 June 1964
Events1:Station closed

Pudsey Greenside railway station is a closed railway station in Pudsey in the former West Riding of Yorkshire England, located about 60NaN0 west of Leeds station. It served the central part and western parts of Pudsey.

It was opened to passengers on 1 April 1878 as the terminus of a single-track branch line from Bramley, built by the Great Northern Railway. Freight traffic had already started in 1877. In 1893 this line was double-tracked and extended through Greenside Tunnel towards Laisterdyke and Dudley Hill, forming the Pudsey loop line railway. Upon the reorganisation of the railways in 1923, the line passed to the London and North Eastern Railway, and in 1948 to the Eastern Region of British Railways.

The station was located east of Carlisle Road, with the station building on its northern side. A substantial goods shed was built on the south side of the station.

The station and the line in its entirety were closed to all traffic on 15 June 1964. The site of the former station is now occupied by warehouses. The site where the goods sheds and sidings once stood is now housing. Pudsey is now served by the station New Pudsey on the Calder Valley Line, opened on 6 March 1967 and located about 1mile north of the town centre.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pudsey Loop. 1893 - 1964. Great Northern Railway . Lost Railways West Yorkshire. 27 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Greenside Tunnel . Four by Three . 2016. 28 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Map of Pudsey . 1890 . Ordnance Survey.
  4. Web site: Goods shed and railway sidings, Pudsey . 1928 . Britain from above.