Methley Junction railway station

Methley Junction
Site of the former station in May 2013
General information
Location	Methley, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53°43′40″N1°24′00″W / 53.727726°N 1.399915°W / 53.727726; -1.399915
Grid reference	SE396258
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1849	Station opened
4 October 1943	Station closed

Railway Clearing House diagram including the L&Y Methley station in 1912.

Methley Junction railway station was one of three stations that served the village of Methley, West Yorkshire, England. It opened on 1 October 1849 and closed on 4 October 1943. ^[1]

The station was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on its line from Knottingley which joined the line of the North Midland Railway (currently used by the Hallam Line) north of the junction of the Woodlesford–Castleford (Midland) and the Woodlesford–Normanton (North Eastern Railway) tracks. South of the station, the Methley Joint Railway to Lofthouse branched off from the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. The site of the former station is now part of a housing estate. ^[2]

See also

• Methley railway station
• Methley South railway station

References

1. "Castleford Cutsyke Junction to Methley Junction 1849 - 1968". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
2. Nigel Thompson. "Methley Junction railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph Britain and Ireland.

External links

• Methley Junction station (shown closed) on navigable 1947 O. S. map