Alverthorpe railway station

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Alverthorpe
LocationAlverthorpe, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°41′16″N 1°31′39″W / 53.6878°N 1.5275°W / 53.6878; -1.5275Coordinates: 53°41′16″N 1°31′39″W / 53.6878°N 1.5275°W / 53.6878; -1.5275
Grid referenceSE313213
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
October 1872Station opens
5 April 1954Station closes

Alverthorpe railway station served the village of Alverthorpe near Wakefield in the English county of West Yorkshire.

History[]

Opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway, the station had two platforms.[1] It became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, closing a mere six years later.

The site today[]

The station was situated on an embankment northeast of Batley Road, after the railway crossed over the road on a bridge near the junction with Grasmere Road. The location is marked by a row of terraced houses.[2] Nothing now remains on site, and the two sides of the triangular junction northeast of the station that connected it with the line between Wakefield and Leeds have been dismantled. Trains still use the eastern part of the triangle, bypassing the site between Outwood and Wakefield Westgate stations on the Wakefield Line.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Flushdyke   London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
   Lofthouse and Outwood
  London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
   Wakefield Westgate

References[]

  1. ^ "View map: Yorkshire CCXLVIII.2 (Ossett; Stanley; Wakefield) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Adwalton Junction to Wakefield. 1864 - 1964". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map


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