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Idle railway station was a short-lived station serving 
Idle
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Idle or ''idling'', may also refer to:
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* Idle (engine), engine running without load
** Idle speed
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, near 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 ...
, 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.
It was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway
The Leeds and Bradford Railway Company (L&BR)The abbreviation L&BR is more commonly seen referring to the London and Birmingham Railway. opened a railway line between the townsLeeds obtained city status in 1893; Bradford became a city in 1897. on ...
in 1847, but it was closed the next year. It was located near the west entrance of the Thackley Tunnel
Thackley Tunnel is on the Airedale line between Leeds and Shipley on the lines to Bradford and Skipton.
Completed in 1846 and opened on 30 June, the tunnel is approximately long through Thackley Hill. The contractor was James Bray, an iro ...
.
This station was very much closer to Thackley
Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley and elsewhere by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Thackley is ...
than to Idle.
Later, in 1875 another Idle station was built, on the Great Northern Railway's Shipley Windhill Line.
References
* Whitaker, Alan & Myland, Brian, 1993 ''Railway Memories No. 4: Bradford''. Bellcode Books, * Bairstow, Martin 2004 ''Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale''. Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1848 1847 establishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub