Queensbury railway station was a station on The Queensbury Lines serving the village of Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England. The station was unusual due to its triangular shape, and at its opening the only other example of this arrangement was Ambergate station in Derbyshire; since then Shipley station, also in West Yorkshire, has gained platforms on all 3 sides. Of the stations on the Queensbury Lines, this was the most ambitious.
The station was located some distance away from the town itself, and at a considerably lower altitude; Queensbury is one of the highest settlements in England and the station was built at around 400 feet (120 m) lower than the village. Access was via a dimly-lit footpath. There were also 3 signal boxes at the station, one for each junction on the three station approaches (from Bradford, Keighley and Halifax respectively).
The station was closed to passengers in 1955 and closed completely in 1963. Almost all of the station infrastructure has now been demolished.
The station at Queensbury has been filled in by inert landfill. The viaduct in the photograph has been demolished and nothing remains except a pile of rubble. The only real trace of the station is a little iron footbridge and the portal of Queensbury Tunnel. Clayton tunnel portal can be found in a large crater that has not been infilled just beyond the iron footbridge.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmfield or Clayton |
L&YR and GN |
Thornton | ||
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