Route of former Queensbury - Halifax railway
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Route of former Queensbury - Halifax railway
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 8 Aug 2015
Queensbury was a triangular junction station with lines to Bradford, Keighley and Halifax (including a branch to St Paul's high level station). This is a view from the station site looking along the Halifax line, sixty years since the station closed in 1955 (although tracks were not lifted until 1966). See also Image taken in 1987, and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/q/queensbury/index.shtml has much more detail on the history of the station. As can be seen from this photo, the station was a long way below Queensbury village (some of whose houses appear on the ridge) and more convenient for railway operaitons than for passengers.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.774963
Longitude
-1.842007