Tingley railway station

Tingley railway station served the settlement of Tingley, West Yorkshire, England, from 1857 to 1966 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.

Tingley
Remains of the station (1976)
General information
Location	Tingley, West Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.735°N 1.574°W / 53.735; -1.574
Grid reference	SE282266
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
May 1857 (1857-05)	Opened
1 February 1954	Closed to passengers
July 1966 (1966-07)	Closed permanently

History

The station opened in May 1857 by the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. It closed on 1 February 1954 to regular passenger traffic but it was still open for excursions.^[1] This lasted until July 1966 and the station closed to goods traffic later on in the 1960s.^[2]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 422. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Remains of Tingley Station © David Hillas :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Morley Top Line and station closed		Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway		Ardsley Line and station closed
Woodkirk Line and station closed		Batley and Beeston line		Beeston Line open, station closed