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Notes: In the heady mid-Victorian days of railway
fever, Bradford had no less than three terminus stations operated
by three different companies; Kirkgate station (later Market
Street, then Forster Square), operated by the Leeds & Bradford
Railway (LBR), Exchange station, operated by the Lancashire
& Yorkshire Railway (LYR) and Adolphus Street station, operated
by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway (LBHJR).
The terminus at Adolphus Street was well laid out and spacious,
but was inconveniently placed. It was further out of the city
centre than the other termini, and passengers had to endure
a steep uphill climb to reach the station. In addition, trains
had to reverse out of the station and reverse again to continue
their journey to Halifax via Bowling junction. In 1859, the
LHBJR sought permission to obtain running powers into the more
conveniently situated Exchange station via a planned three quarters
of a mile link with the line from Halifax at Mill Lane junction.
Permission was granted, and by the time this extension was opened
in 1867, the LBHJR had been in the ownership of the Great Northern
Railway for two years. Adolphus Street station was then closed
for passengers, but remained in use for substantial goods traffic
until the early 1960's.
The station was largely demolished in the 1970's to facilitate
the widening of Wakefield Road
To see the other
stations on the Halifax - Bradford - Keighley lines click on
the station name: Halifax
St. Pauls, Pellon,
Halifax North
Bridge, Ovenden,
Holmfield, Queensbury,
Clayton, Great
Horton, Horton
Park, Manchester
Road, St. Dunstan's,
Thornton, Denholme,
Wilsden, Cullingworth
& Ingrow East
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