Armley Moor railway station

This article is about the former Great Northern Railway station at Armley. For the former Midland Railway station, see Armley Canal Road railway station.

Armley Moor
265px Site of Armley Moor railway station in 2006
Location
Place	Armley
Area	City of Leeds
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE267332
Operations
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 August 1854	Station opens as Armley and Wortley
25 September 1950	Station renamed Armley Moor
4 July 1966	Station closes
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Armley Moor railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Leeds and Bramley. The location was between Carr Crofts and Wortley Road bridges, accessed via Station Road.

It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in July 1966 due to the Beeching Axe. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

History

Opened by the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, then absorbed by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains still pass the site on what is now known as the Caldervale Line, but all of the structures (platforms & buildings) have been demolished.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bramley		London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway		Leeds
		London and North Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway		Beeston

References

• Disused stations

External links

• Armley Moor station on navigable 1947 O. S. map