Alverthorpe railway station

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Alverthorpe
General information
Location Alverthorpe, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates 53°41′16″N1°31′39″W / 53.6878°N 1.5275°W / 53.6878; -1.5275 Coordinates: 53°41′16″N1°31′39″W / 53.6878°N 1.5275°W / 53.6878; -1.5275
Grid reference SE313213
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
October 1872Station opens
5 April 1954Station closes

Alverthorpe railway station served the village of Alverthorpe near Wakefield in the English county of West Yorkshire.

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History

Opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway, the station had two platforms. [1] It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, closing a mere six years later. Although the station was closed to normal passenger and freight traffic from 5 April 1954, passenger facilities were retained for special and excursion trains. [2]

The site today

The station was situated on an embankment northeast of Batley Road, after the railway crossed over the road on a bridge near the junction with Grasmere Road. The location is marked by a row of terraced houses. [3] Nothing now remains on site, and the two sides of the triangular junction northeast of the station that connected it with the line between Wakefield and Leeds have been dismantled. Trains still use the eastern part of the triangle, bypassing the site between Outwood and Wakefield Westgate stations on the Wakefield Line.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Flushdyke   London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
  Lofthouse and Outwood
  London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
  Wakefield Westgate

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References

  1. "View map: Yorkshire CCXLVIII.2 (Ossett; Stanley; Wakefield) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. "Alverthorpe station closing date". Yorkshire Post. 20 March 1954. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. "Adwalton Junction to Wakefield. 1864 - 1964". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.