City Road Goods Branch

City Road Goods Branch
Aerial view of the City Road goods branch curving around the old City Stadium, c. 1950
General information
LocationBradford, City of Bradford
England
Coordinates53°47′55″N 1°46′45″W / 53.79851°N 1.77903°W / 53.79851; -1.77903
Grid referenceSE146336
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway

The City Road Goods branch was a goods only branch serving the Lister Hills area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

History

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Proposed as part of the Bradford and Thornton Railways Act (1865), later withdrawn but then incorporated (24 July 1871) and amalgamated with the Great Northern Railway (18 July 1872). The line to City Road from St Dunstans opened on 4 December 1876 and consisted of a branch from just east of Horton Park at Horton Junction travelling north for 1+14 miles (2 km). It closed when goods services were withdrawn from the stub of the St Dunstans to Thornton line on 26 August 1972.

The warehouses were converted into offices of a haulage company. However, they were destroyed in a fire in the 1980s.

Grattan Warehouse on the location of the former City Road station

References

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  1. ^ Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-94653-711-9.