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This bridge over Brow Lane (looking eastwards) was at the Keighley end of the celebrated Queensbury station on the Great Northern lines between Halifax, Bradford and Keighley. This station, hundreds of feet below the town it was meant to serve, had a full set of six platforms on a triangle. Note the access ramp (which leads to a farm) at the far side and to the left, tucked under the bridge itself due to the road's steep gradient.

The current OS maps do not yet show this public access route along the disused Queensbury to Keighley railway between the former Queensbury station and Cockin Lane. The green plastic coated wire fences mark the position of Brow Lane bridge.

This bridge over Brow Lane (looking westwards) was at the Keighley end of Queensbury station. On the right is an access ramp for a nearby farm, demonstrating the steep upward slope of Brow Lane at this point. The whole structure is massively engineered and unusually wide, as there was an embankment on top, surmounted by the junction and divergence of the lines from Halifax and Bradford.

Another view of the sadly decaying viaduct at the erstwhile Queensbury station. See also Image

Looking eastward. The bridge now carries feet and cycles along the Great Northern Railway Trail.

The chimney belongs to the disused Clayton Fireclay and brick Works, and was decorated to celebrate Bradford City's winning of the 1911 FA Cup. Almost a century ago. Perhaps a large chimney could be similarly decorated when England win the 2010 World Cup? See also Image and Image

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 Keighley branch, 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.

This is on the former Halifax, Thornton and Keighley Railway.

This track used to carry the railway from Queensbury to Halifax - seen here approaching the concealed portal of a long tunnel. The photograph is taken from the site of Queensbury Station - a 6 platform arrangement designed in a triangle, at least 400 ft below the town it served. The outline of the station is easier seen from above, than on the same level.

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.