Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station
- Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station
Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station was opened by the North Midland Railway in Leeds in 1840 in what was, at the time a middle class area, south of the city.
Designed by Francis Thompson, the trainshed consisted of an iron roof in four spans, with five lines running into it. Three were stabling lines under the central span, while each outer span had one line with a platform convert|300|yd|m|0|lk=on 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.
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 Wellington station and became a goods depot which has since closed in the 1980s and now lies on the site of the Crown Point Retail Park which opened in 1989.
References
*Williams, R., (1988) "The Midland Railway: A New History," Newton Abbot: David and Charles
*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
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