Stanningley railway station

Stanningley
Station building in March 2007.
General information
Location	Stanningley, Pudsey, Pudsey England
Coordinates	53°48′19″N 1°39′54″W / 53.8053°N 1.6650°W / 53.8053; -1.6650
Grid reference	SE 221 343
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1854	Station opened
1 January 1968	Station closed

Stanningley railway station, also called Stanningley for Farsley, is a closed railway station in Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England, located about 5 miles (8 km) west of Leeds station. It also served Farsley^[1] and Pudsey, the latter namely until the Pudsey Loop was built.

It was opened on 1 August 1854 as a station on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, later part of the GNR, from Leeds Central station to Bradford Adolphus Street. On 1 April 1878 a branch from Stanningley to Pudsey Greenside was opened which eventually evolved into the Pudsey loop line railway.^[2] Having been renamed into Stanningley for Farsley, the station name reverted to Stanningley in 1961. Stanningley railway station closed on 1 January 1968,^[3] while the line itself has remained open, with trains of the Calder Valley Line passing the site of the former station.

The station had a sizeable goods yard. The goods shed has survived almost intact and is used by a builders’ merchant,^[3] while the station building is used as business premises. In its function as a railway station for Farsley, it has been replaced by New Pudsey railway station which is situated about 1 mile further west.

• "Map of Stanningley, 1850s".
• "Map of Stanningley, 1890".

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