Royston to Thornhill line
Disused railway in West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royston to Thornhill line was a Midland Railway venture constructed in West Yorkshire, England, that had the intent to allow trains to travel from Sheffield to Bradford without going through Leeds. The scheme, which was promoted as the West Riding Lines, would have travelled underneath Bradford city centre in a long tunnel and ended up in the Aire Valley providing a through line across Bradford. In the event, only the section from Royston to Thornhill, a smaller branch to a goods station at Dewsbury Savile Town, and a longer branch from Mirfield to Huddersfield were ever built. By the late 1960s, the lines had all been closed, however, the viaducts at Bradley, Crigglestone, and Horbury still remain.
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Royston to Thornhill line | |
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Overview | |
Other name(s) | West Riding Lines |
Status | Closed |
Owner | MR (1905 – 1948) BR (1948 – 1968) |
Locale | West Yorkshire, England |
Stations | 4 (all goods-only) |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
History | |
Opened | see below: |
Royston to Thornhill Midland | 1905 |
Middlestown Junction to Dewsbury Savile Town | 1906 |
Mirfield to Huddersfield Newtown | 1910 |
Closed | 1968 (completely) |
Technical | |
Line length | 15 miles (24 km) total:
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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