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Cullingworth railway station was a station on 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 ...
which ran between
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 ...
, Bradford and Halifax. The station served the village of
Cullingworth Cullingworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, it is west of Bradford and south of Keighley. The surrounding countryside is mainly ...
,
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 England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It opened for passengers in 1884 and closed in May 1955. Goods traffic continued until 1963, when the surviving line closed completely. The station was about from
Wilsden railway station Wilsden railway station was a station on the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax. History The station was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1886, away from the village of Wilsden. It was closer to the sma ...
and was near to the long 9 arch Cullingworth Viaduct, which exists to this day.


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Cullingworth station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 1884 establishments in England 1955 disestablishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub