Station Name: HALIFAX ST. PAULS[Source:
Alan Young]
The approach to Halifax St Paul's station in September 1931. The station itself is out of view but part of the goods yard and turntable is seen at the bottom of the picture.
Reproduced with the kind permission of Simmons Aerofilms Ltd 1894 1:2,500 OS map. St Paul's consisted of an island platform terminus with access to the booking office from a forecourt off Parkinson Road. The goods yard is to the,east of the passenger platform and comprises three parallel sidings and a turntable at the north end of the yard. A signal box was provided alongside the turntable road just to the south of Hopwood Lane bridge. A weighbridge and office (WM) is shown at the south end of the yard.
1907 1:2,500 OS map. Little has changed since the earlier map apart from the addition of a fourth parallel goods siding.The glazed canopy over the platform and concourse is clearly shown by hatching.
1963 1:2,500 OS map. This map was published in 1963, three years after the line closed completely; the survey was, however, probably made a couple of years earlier. The railway is shown as 'disused'. The canopy over the platform has been removed but that over the concourse is still shown. All the track is still in place but the turntable has been removed although its position is evident. The signal box has also been demolished.
The branch was operated jointly by the Great Northern and Lancashire & Yorkshire railways and continued under dual management until 1923, by which time it dealt only with freight traffic. The signs seen on this undated photograph indicate the interests of the LNER and LMS in this somewhat obscure station.
Photo
from Martin Bairstow collection
The disused passenger station is seen in 1951. The large ridge-and-furrow verandah appears to have lost its glazing. There are signs of activity in the goods yard on the left, which
remained in use until 1960. Copyright photo from Stations UK More than 30 years after it closed to passengers St, Paul's station welcomes the Stephenson Locomotive Society (N.W. Area) / Manchester Locomotive Society 'West Riding Rail Tour' from Leeds City on the afternoon of 6 September 1953 hauled by GNR-built Class N1 0-6-2T No 69430.
Photo by N Bland The concourse at the end of St. Paul's platform in 1958. By this time the canopy stretching along half the length of the platform had been demolished.
Photo from Ted Burgess Another view of the small concourse at the south end of the passenger platform in June 1963 shows that the brackets supporting the glazed verandah have quite rich ornamentation.
Photo
from S. Sutcliffe collection , courtesy of Martin Bairstow
This photo of the road frontage of St Paul's was taken in June 1963 and it is thought that the demolition took place soon afterwards.
Photo from S. Sutcliffe collection , courtesy of Martin Bairstow The abandoned north end of St Paul's platform and overgrown station site in October 1971, shortly before the site was redeveloped. The Kingston Court housing development seen in the background occupies the middle section of the platform.
Photo by David Ball The site of St Pauls station looking north from Parkinson Lane in June 1962. Aspinall Street is seen on the left and Queen Road on the right.
Photo
by John Mann
The south end of St Paul's station site seen from Parkinson Lane in October 2005. The boundary wall along Aspinall Street is seen.
Photo by Chris Armour Click on thumbnail to enlarge
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