- Manningham railway station
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Manningham Location Place Manningham Area City of Bradford Coordinates 53°48′32″N 1°45′36″W / 53.808882°N 1.760013°WCoordinates: 53°48′32″N 1°45′36″W / 53.808882°N 1.760013°W Grid reference SE159347 Operations Pre-grouping Leeds and Bradford Railway Platforms 2 History 1868 Opened 1965 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZManningham railway station was a railway station in Manningham, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England between 1868 and 1965.
It became the first stop out of Bradford on the Midland Railway (originally the Leeds and Bradford Railway), built in 1846. The Midland became part of the LMS in 1923, and British Railways in 1948.
Manningham station opened on 17 February 1868.
From 1872, there was an extensive network of sidings and sheds, known as Manningham motive power depot, to the north of the station.
The station was closed following the Beeching Axe on 20 March 1965; unlike the next station on the line, Frizinghall, it has not reopened.
In the 1950s, and up to closure in 1965, the Bradford Railway Circle used a hut on the platform at Manningham station for its meetings.
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Possible re-opening
The map on the back of 'Canal Road News', Issue 1 (March 2006), published by the canal Road Business Forum, marks 'Potential Manningham Station' on approximately the site of the original station. However, this map (and the whole publication) is mainly about the proposed rebuilding of the Bradford Canal, and there is no mention of Manningham Station in the text.
In January 2008, it was revealed that the City of Bradford prepared a bid to the Regional Transport Board for £10 million, which, combined with the £10 million the council received from the sale of Leeds Bradford Airport would provide funding for the reopening of Manningham station, as well as a number of other road infrastructure projects in the Aire Valley.[1]
Connections
Dates Company or line Preceding station Following station 1868-1875 Midland Bradford Midland Shipley 1875-1923 Midland Bradford Midland Frizinghall 1923-1948 LMS Forster Square Frizinghall 1948-1965 British Railways Forster Square Frizinghall References
- ^ "Action taken over traffic". Telegraph and Argus. 2008-01-30. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.2003764.0.action_taken_over_traffic.php. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- Bairstow, Martin 2004 Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. ISBN 1-87194-428-7
- Whitaker, Alan & Brian Myland 1993 Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford Bellcode books. ISBN 1-87123-303-8
External links
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Bradford
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1868
- Railway stations closed in 1965
- Beeching closures in England
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs
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