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- Great_Horton_railway_station abstract "Great Horton railway station was a railway station on the Queensbury-Bradford section of the Queensbury Lines which ran between Bradford, Keighley and Halifax via Queensbury. The station open for passengers in 1878 and closed in 1955 but remained open to goods with full staff until 1965 before it was closed and the tracks ripped up. Due to the relatively steep inclines, tunnels and a viaduct, the Queensbury Lines were also known as "the Alpine Route".The passenger station served the neighborhoods of Great Horton and Lidget Green until service to and from Bradford town centre by more convenient and accessible electric trolley buses along the parallel roads of Legrams Lane and Great Horton Road lured passenger traffic away from the station.Besides passenger and parcels service from the station platforms, adjacent sidings and trackwork also served a general purpose goods shed, a coal tipple (or coal drops), a casting foundry, a number of nearby weaving mills for textile manufacturing, and others. Freight operations during the late 1950s included a train which during the colder heating season daily delivered about a dozen wagons loaded with coal to the coal drops. The approach from Bradford was a rather steep incline and the steam engine would often struggle to find traction on the slippery rails, damp from the then-frequent morning fog. The engine would pull up beyond the Beckside Road bridge, then coast the wagons back down the slight incline to the coal drops on the south side of the station complex.Various specialized types of sand of varying colours, textures and consistency were delivered to the foundry, which had bunkers or drops to receive and store the sand needed for casting large iron and steel parts.Other freight operations entailed the receiving of general freight and cargo and a large number of empty barrels used for oils and chemicals, probably at the weaving mills, ended up being stored in small mountains alongside the tracks on the northern side. Wagons being delivered or picked up from these sidings were shunted on an as-needed basis.Operations were complex enough to warrant a dedicated signal box, which was located on the west-bound or Clayton platform side, across from the main station building. A metal overpass allowed passengers to cross over to or from main station house to the opposite platform.During the late 1950s, the line was used to train operators of DMUs (Diesel Multiple Unit) which made practice runs on the line to and from Bradford.No sign remains of the former station, platforms, signal box, or tracks. The site has been re-purposed for modern-day industrial use.".
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- Great_Horton_railway_station wikiPageWikiLinkText "Great Horton railway station".
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- Great_Horton_railway_station pregroup Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain).
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- Great_Horton_railway_station route Queensbury_Lines.
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- Great_Horton_railway_station years "1878-10-14".
- Great_Horton_railway_station years "1955-05-23".
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- Great_Horton_railway_station comment "Great Horton railway station was a railway station on the Queensbury-Bradford section of the Queensbury Lines which ran between Bradford, Keighley and Halifax via Queensbury. The station open for passengers in 1878 and closed in 1955 but remained open to goods with full staff until 1965 before it was closed and the tracks ripped up.".
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