Armley Canal Road railway station

This article is about the former Midland Armley station. For the former Great Northern station, see Armley Moor railway station.

Armley Canal Road railway station was a station on the former Midland Railway between Leeds and Shipley. It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1965.

Armley Canal Road
Booking office of Armley Canal Road in 2008
General information
Location	Armley, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.8010°N 1.5829°W / 53.8010; -1.5829
Grid reference	SE275339
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leeds and Bradford Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
September 1847	Station opens as Armley
25 September 1950	Station renamed Armley Canal Road
22 March 1965	Station closes

History

The two island platforms were connected to the street level booking office via a wooden footbridge

The station was opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846 (which was subsequently absorbed by the Midland Railway) which became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway following the Grouping Act of 1923. The station, which had a street-level booking hall, consisted of two island platforms which were separated by double track. Passenger services stopped between the platforms. The outside lines, which were fenced off from the island platforms, were used by through trains. A wooden footbridge connected the two island platforms to the street-level entrance way and booking hall.

In 1948 the station passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways following nationalisation. It was permanently closed by the British Railways Board as part of the Beeching Axe in March 1965.

After closure, the station building was retained on Canal Road and was later used as commercial premises. The station sign has been repainted but not in its original colours or font. Nothing remains of the wooden footbridge and the island platforms. The remains of the entrance archway that led onto the bridge was bricked up. A gap remains between the surviving two lines showing where the former island platforms formerly stood.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Holbeck (Low level)		London Midland and Scottish Railway Midland Railway		Kirkstall

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Armley Canal Road station on interactive 1947 O. S. map