Closed Stations Journey quiz

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Sharnbrook

 

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Oakley

 

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Turvey

 

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Olney

 

[DerekC]

Piddington and Horton

(passing Ravenstone Wood Junction with a backward glance down the Stratford on Avon & Midland Junction Railway - maybe another day!)

 

[Calthrop]

Piddington and Horton

(passing Ravenstone Wood Junction with a backward glance down the Stratford on Avon & Midland Junction Railway - maybe another day!)

That particular line of which had, I believe, a passenger service for all of an epoch-making nine months of its history...

finishing at Northampton St. John's Street

 

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We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 738 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Glasson Dock
It follows the line of the LNWR Glasson Dock Branch Line
It then follows the line of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
It then follows the line of the Furness and Midland Joint Railway
It then follows the line of the "Little" North Western Railway
It then follows the line of the MR Skipton to Ilkley Line
It then follows the line of the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway
It then follows the line of the Leeds and Northallerton Railway...note 2nd station
It then follows the line of the GNR Leeds to Low Moor Line...via the Pudsey loop line and Laisterdyke station
It then follows the line of the LYR Pickle Bridge Line
It then follows the line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway
It then follows the line of the North Midland Railway...note 1st and 2ned stations
It then follows the line of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
It then follows the line of the Midland Railway Main Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Clay Cross

The first closed station on this journey is Glasson Dock

 

[Calthrop]

Conder Green

 

[DerekC]

After a quick reversal to avoid disrupting traffic at Lancaster Castle …. Hest Bank.

 

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Bolton-le-Sands

 

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INFORMATION

On the LNWR Glasson Dock branch line, after Condor Green but before Lancaster came.....

Ashton Hall

 

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Bolton-le-Sands

Borwick

 

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Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale

 

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Melling

 

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Low Bentham

 

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Settle Junction

 

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Hellifield (Original Location)

 

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Bell Busk

 

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Skipton (Original Location)

 

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Skipton (Original Location)

Sorry to say that the original Skipton station was not on the actual line that leads to the MR Skipton to Ilkley line, but the currently open Skipton station is.

 

[DerekC]

Bell Busk

Addingham

 

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Otley

 

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Pool in Wharfedale

 

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Arthington (2nd station)

 

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Horsforth Woodside (1852 - 1864)

 

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Royal Gardens (closed 1858)

 

[DerekC]

In order to gain access to the GNR line to Low Moor I think we need to reverse at:

Leeds Central

 

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Holbeck High Level

 

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Armley Moor

 

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Pudsey Lowtown