Penda's Way railway station: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Added text |
-- add naming details |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
| name = Penda's Way |
| name = Penda's Way |
||
| status = Disused |
| status = Disused |
||
| image = |
| image = Pendas Way railway station (site), Yorkshire (geograph 3459227).jpg |
||
| caption = Site of the station in 2012 |
| caption = Site of the station in 2012 |
||
| borough = [[Cross Gates]], [[City of Leeds]] |
| borough = [[Cross Gates]], [[City of Leeds]] |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
| events2 = Closed |
| events2 = Closed |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Penda's Way railway station''' was a railway station on the [[Cross |
'''Penda's Way railway station''' was a railway station on the [[Cross Gates–Wetherby line]] at the eastern edge of [[Cross Gates]] in [[West Yorkshire]]. The station opened on 5 June 1939<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoole |first1=K. |title=Railway stations of the North East |date=1985 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-8527-5 |page=205}}</ref> to serve a new housing estate and was named after a [[Battle of the Winwaed|nearby battle]] where [[Penda of Mercia|King Penda]] was killed. The station was named by [[Gertrude Bray]], a local builder and politician who was responsible for developing the housing estate it served.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman as Central Figure at Opening of New Station |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |date=6 June 1939 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19390606/180/0006 |access-date=2024-08-22}}</ref> It closed on 6 January 1964<ref>{{cite journal | author = Bertram. D. | title = The lines to Wetherby and their traffic | journal = Trains Illustrated | date = February 1961 | pages = 99–106}}</ref> together with the line and has been demolished entirely.<ref name = "disused"/> |
||
The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which both {{convert|120|yard}} long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrington |first1=E P |editor1-last=Bairstow |editor1-first=Martin |title=Railways around Harrogate. Volume three |date=1998 |publisher=Martin Bairstow |location=Farsley |isbn=1-871944-18-X |page=48}}</ref> A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of [[homing pigeon]]s, but it had no freight facilities.<ref name = "disused">{{cite web | url = http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/pendas_way/ | title = Penda's Way | author = Nick Catford | date = 22 May 2017 | publisher = disused-stations.org.uk }}</ref> |
The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which were both {{convert|120|yard}} long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrington |first1=E P |editor1-last=Bairstow |editor1-first=Martin |title=Railways around Harrogate. Volume three |date=1998 |publisher=Martin Bairstow |location=Farsley |isbn=1-871944-18-X |page=48}}</ref> A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of [[homing pigeon]]s, but it had no freight facilities.<ref name = "disused">{{cite web | url = http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/pendas_way/ | title = Penda's Way | author = Nick Catford | date = 22 May 2017 | publisher = disused-stations.org.uk }}</ref> |
||
==Lines== |
==Lines== |
||
Latest revision as of 06:38, 23 August 2024
Penda's Way | |
|---|---|
 Site of the station in 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cross Gates, City of Leeds England |
| Coordinates | 53°48′42″N 1°26′15″W / 53.8118°N 1.4374°W |
| Grid reference | SE 371 352 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | LNER until 1948, BR (N.E region) 1948 to closure |
| Key dates | |
| 1939 | Opened |
| 1964 | Closed |
Penda's Way railway station was a railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line at the eastern edge of Cross Gates in West Yorkshire. The station opened on 5 June 1939[1] to serve a new housing estate and was named after a nearby battle where King Penda was killed. The station was named by Gertrude Bray, a local builder and politician who was responsible for developing the housing estate it served.[2] It closed on 6 January 1964[3] together with the line and has been demolished entirely.[4]
The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which were both 120 yards (110 m) long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood.[5] A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of homing pigeons, but it had no freight facilities.[4]
Lines
[edit]| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Gates | London and North Eastern Railway Cross Gates to Wetherby Line |
Scholes Line closed; station closed |
References
[edit]- ^ Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 205. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
- ^ "Woman as Central Figure at Opening of New Station". Leeds Mercury. 6 June 1939. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Bertram. D. (February 1961). "The lines to Wetherby and their traffic". Trains Illustrated: 99–106.
- ^ a b Nick Catford (22 May 2017). "Penda's Way". disused-stations.org.uk.
- ^ Barrington, E P (1998). Bairstow, Martin (ed.). Railways around Harrogate. Volume three. Farsley: Martin Bairstow. p. 48. ISBN 1-871944-18-X.
 | This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |