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Clayton railway station was on the Great Northern Railway lines to
The station served the village of Clayton in
Clayton station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
{{Railway stations in the City of Bradford Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
, Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...
and Halifax via Queensbury, collectively known as the Queensbury Lines
The Queensbury lines was the name given to a number of railway lines in West Yorkshire, England, that linked Bradford, Halifax and Keighley via Queensbury. All the lines were either solely owned by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) or jointly ...
.
History
The station served the village of Clayton in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England
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. The station had an island platform and a reasonable goods yard. The station opened for passengers in 1878 and closed in 1955, but the goods yard and tunnel remained open as a through route to Thornton Station up until the early 1961 when it closed completely and the tracks were torn up. The cutting and station site have been infilled and houses erected on the site. The Bradford portal of Clayton Tunnel has also been infilled.
Clayton tunnel
Clayton tunnel lay immediately west of Clayton railway station. During the construction of the tunnel in 1874, two workers were killed when their lift fell down No1 shaft. The man operating the lift was found to be drunk at the time of the accident. The tunnel's eastern approach cutting has been infilled and built on since the railway's closure and, in 2012, cannabis was found being cultivated inside after a routine inspection by Carillion on behalf of British Railways Board (Residuary).References
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Clayton station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
{{Railway stations in the City of Bradford Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955