Methley railway station

Methley North
Location
Place	Methley
Area	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°44′27″N 1°24′53″W / 53.740790°N 1.414740°W / 53.740790; -1.414740Coordinates: 53°44′27″N 1°24′53″W / 53.740790°N 1.414740°W / 53.740790; -1.414740
Grid reference	SE387273
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 April 1841	Station opened as Methley
25 September 1950	renamed Methley North
16 September 1957	Station closed[1]
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A Railway Clearing House map of lines around Methley and Wakefield in 1912.

Methley railway station was opened in 1841 by the North Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds. At one time, there were three railway stations in Methley and in 1950, British Railways renamed it Methley North. It closed in 1957.

Slightly to the south, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway made a north-facing junction of its line from Knottingley and it built its own station (Methley Junction). This station opened on 1 October 1849 and closed on 4 October 1943.

A third station was built by the Methley Joint Railway, a line in which the L&YR, the GNR and the NER were shareholders. This station, opened on 1 May 1869, known as Methley Joint station was closed as Methley South on 7 March 1960.^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Altofts and Whitwood Line exists; station closed		North Midland Railway Midland Railway		Woodlesford Line open; station open

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. ^ Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing

External links

• Methley North station (shown open) on navigable 1947 O. S. map