Armley Canal Road railway station


Armley Canal Road railway station was a station on the former Midland Railway between Leeds and Shipley. It served the Leeds suburb of Armley in West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1965.

History

Opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Railways Board as part of the Beeching Axe in March 1965.

The site today

The main station building still survives on Canal Road and is used as commercial premises. The owners re-painted the station sign, though not in the original colours or font. However nothing remains of the station at rail level other than the gap between the lines where the island platform formerly stood.