Penda's Way railway station

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Penda's Way
Pendas Way railway station (site), Yorkshire (geograph 3459227).jpg
Site of the station in 2012
Location Cross Gates, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates 53°48′42″N1°26′15″W / 53.8118°N 1.4374°W / 53.8118; -1.4374 Coordinates: 53°48′42″N1°26′15″W / 53.8118°N 1.4374°W / 53.8118; -1.4374
Grid reference SE 371 352
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping LNER until 1948, BR (N.E region) 1948 to closure
Key dates
1939Opened
1964Closed

Penda's Way railway station was a railway station on the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line at the eastern edge of Cross Gates in West Yorkshire. The station opened on 5 June 1939 [1] to serve a new housing estate and was named after a nearby battle where King Penda was killed. It closed on 6 January 1964 [2] together with the line and has been demolished entirely. [3]

The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which were both 120 yards (110 m) long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood. [4] A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of homing pigeons, but it had no freight facilities. [3]

Lines

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Cross Gates   London and North Eastern Railway
Cross Gates to Wetherby Line
  Scholes
Line closed; station closed

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References

  1. ↑ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 205. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
  2. ↑ Bertram. D. (February 1961). "The lines to Wetherby and their traffic". Trains Illustrated: 99–106.
  3. 1 2 Nick Catford (22 May 2017). "Penda's Way". disused-stations.org.uk.
  4. ↑ Barrington, E P (1998). Bairstow, Martin (ed.). Railways around Harrogate. Volume three. Farsley: Martin Bairstow. p. 48. ISBN   1-871944-18-X.


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