Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station

Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station was opened by the North Midland Railway in Leeds in 1840 in what was then a middle-class area, south of the city.

Leeds Hunslet Lane
General information
Location	Leeds, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.788880°N 1.540280°W / 53.788880; -1.540280
Grid reference	SE303326
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Midland Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840	Station opened as Leeds
1 January 1849	renamed Leeds Hunslet Lane
1 March 1851	Station closed[1]

Railway Clearing House diagram of lines in Leeds in 1913. Hunslet Lane (by this time a goods station) is shown in green in the lower centre.

Designed by Francis Thompson, the trainshed consisted of an iron roof in four spans, with five lines running into it. Three of the lines were used for stabling carriages not in use under the central span, and each outer span had one line with a platform 300 yards (274 m) long. Turntables were provided at each end and the offices on the western side were fronted by an arcade with an arch surmounted with the arms of Leeds, Sheffield and Derby.^[2]

It was shared by the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which ran on the NMR tracks from just north of Normanton since Parliament had refused to sanction two lines running side by side.

It was replaced by the Midland Railway in 1846 by Leeds Wellington railway station^[3] and became a goods depot which closed in 1972. The site is now occupied by the Crown Point Retail Park, which opened in 1989.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Woodlesford		North Midland Railway Midland Railway		Terminus

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Whishaw, F., (1842) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland London: John Wheale repub Clinker, C.R.ed (1969) Whishaw's Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Newton Abbot: David and Charles
3. Williams, R., (1988) The Midland Railway: A New History, Newton Abbot: David and Charles