Esholt
View from Station Road but there is now no sign of the station, which closed in 1940.
General information
LocationEsholt, City of Bradford
England
Coordinates53°51′39″N 1°43′52″W / 53.86076°N 1.73099°W / 53.86076; -1.73099
Grid referenceSE177405
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 December 1876Opened
28 October 1940Closed

Esholt railway station was a railway station on the Shipley to Guiseley line of the Midland Railway. It opened on 4 December 1876[1] along with Baildon station when the line was formally opened,[2] and closed on 28 October 1940.[3] The buildings remained after closure before being demolished in 1953.[4]

The station was listed for closure because it was losing £100 per year. A Bradford-based insurance broker, Mr Ben Ivinson, pulled the communication cord on a steam train from Bradford to Ilkley to try to get the train to halt in the station area. Mr Ivinson was protesting about the station's closure and the railway's response of there being a good enough bus service.[5]

References

  1. ^ "1875 to 1899". Bradford Timeline. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ Cobb, M H (2003). The railways of Great Britain - a historical atlas Volume 2. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 395. ISBN 0711030030.
  3. ^ Haigh, A J (2012). Railways in West Yorkshire - Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield and the West Riding. Express Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-901056-44-0.
  4. ^ Hall, Graham (2011). "Where There's Muck There's Brass - The Esholt Sewage Treatment Plant". The Bradford Antiquary. 3 (15): 50. ISSN 0955-2553.
  5. ^ Greenhalf, Jim (12 December 2012). "One-man protest over station closure". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Baildon
Line and station open 		  Midland Railway
Wharfedale Line 		  Guiseley
Line and station open
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