Queensbury railway station

Infobox UK disused station| name = Queensbury| manager = Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Great Northern Railway
locale = Queensbury| borough = City of Bradford| platforms = 6| years1 = 1890| events1 = Opened
years2 =1955
events2 = Closed to passengers
years3 =1963
events3 = Closed completely

Queensbury railway station was a station on The Queensbury Lines serving the town of Queensbury. The station was unusual due to its triangular shape, and at its opening the only other example of this arrangement was Ambergate station in Derbyshire; since then Shipley station, also in West Yorkshire, has gained platforms on all 3 sides. Of the stations on the Queensbury Lines, this was the most ambitious.

The station was located some distance away from the town itself, and at a considerably lower altitude; Queensbury is one of the highest settlements in England and the station was built at around convert|400|ft|m lower than the village. Access was via a dimly-lit footpath. There were also 3 signal boxes at the station, one for each junction on the three station approaches (from Bradford, Keighley and Halifax respectively).

The station was closed to passengers in 1955 and closed completely in 1963. Almost all of the station infrastructure has now been demolished.

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/q/queensbury/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica]
* [http://www.queensburyvillage.co.uk/index.asp?s=1&p=3 The Queensbury Website]
* [http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/stations/queensbury.html Forgotten Relics]
* [http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Queensbury.htm Lost Railways West Yorkshire]