Armley Moor railway station

This article is about the former Great Northern Railway station at Armley. For the former Midland Railway station, see Armley Canal Road railway station.

Armley Moor railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Leeds and Bramley. The location was between Carr Crofts and Wortley Road bridges, accessed via Station Road.

Armley Moor
Site of Armley Moor railway station in 2006
General information
Location	Armley, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.7950°N 1.5958°W / 53.7950; -1.5958
Grid reference	SE267332
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1854	Station opens as Armley and Wortley
25 September 1950	Station renamed Armley Moor
4 July 1966	Station closes

It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in July 1966 due to the Beeching Axe. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.^[1]

History

Opened by the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, then absorbed by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains still pass the site on what is now known as the Caldervale Line, but all of the structures (platforms & buildings) have been demolished.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bramley		London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway		Holbeck (high level)
		London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway		Beeston

References

1. Farley, Paul; Roberts, Michael Symmons (2012). "Paths". Edgelands (1 ed.). London: Vintage. p. 27. ISBN 9780099539773.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Disused stations

External links

• Armley Moor station on navigable 1947 O. S. map