Manchester Road railway station (West Yorkshire)

Manchester Road railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station opened in 1878 but closed to passengers in 1915. The goods yard remained open until 1963.

Manchester Road
General information
Location	Bradford, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53.781650°N 1.758010°W / 53.781650; -1.758010
Grid reference	SE160317
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bradford and Thornton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Key dates
14 October 1878 (1878-10-14)	Station opened
31 December 1915 (1915-12-31)	Station closed for passengers
6 May 1963	closed for freight
Location

Bradford Lines
Leeds & Bradford Extn Rly to Skipton Skipton–Ilkley line to Skipton Steeton and Silsden Ilkley | Keighley Ben Rhydding Keighley (GN) Burley-in-Wharfedale Menston Guiseley Ingrow West Ingrow East Crossflatts Damems Cullingworth Bingley Esholt Oakworth Wilsden Saltaire Baildon Haworth Denholme Shipley Oxenhope Thornton Shipley and Windhill Apperley Bridge to Halifax Queensbury Frizinghall Clayton Manningham Great Horton Bradford Forster Sq Horton Park Bradford Exchange City Road Bradford Interchange Airedale line to Leeds Manchester Road St Dunstans Bradford Adolphus St Thackley Bowling Idle Bowling Junction Laisterdyke Eccleshill Calder Valley line to Leeds to Leeds Dudley Hill Birkenshaw and Tong Pudsey loop line railway to Leeds Low Moor│ Low Moor Goods Spen Valley line to Mirfield Wyke and Norwood Green Calder Valley line to Halifax

The station was bypassed by a single line after 1963 to serve the City Road Goods Branch. After closure of the line, the site has been overbuilt with a Royal Mail sorting office.

A pub remains nearby, called the Station Hotel.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
City Road Goods		Great Northern Railway		St Dunstans
Horton Park				Laisterdyke

References

• Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.