Bowers railway station was a station opened in 1934 by the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

(LNER) on the

Castleford–Garforth line The Castleford–Garforth line was a single-track railway line in West Yorkshire, England, connecting Castleford with Garforth east of Leeds. The route was developed to allow coal to be transported from the area, though a passenger service was ...

, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was only open for 17 years, being closed in January 1951, though the line remained open until the 1990s for coal traffic from the nearby collieries.

History

In 1934, the LNER opened a single platform halt on the Castleford–Garforth line between and railway stations. The platform was only capable of accommodating two coaches and was situated the eastern side of the line (as at Kippax and Ledston), and served a new housing estate between the railway and Bowers Row Colliery. When opened in 1934, it was called ''Bowers Halt'', but this suffix was dropped in 1937 and it was known thereafter simply as Bowers. Passenger traffic along the line was sparse and in January 1951,

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

closed the line to passenger traffic, though it remained open for coal traffic from the collieries next to the line until the 1990s.

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Location of the station on a 1947 navigable map
{{s-end Disused railway stations in Leeds Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1934 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Former London and North Eastern Railway stations Allerton Bywater