Esholt railway station

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]

Esholt
View from Station Road but there is now no sign of the station, which closed in 1940.
General information
Location	Esholt, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53°51′39″N 1°43′52″W / 53.86076°N 1.73099°W / 53.86076; -1.73099Coordinates: 53°51′39″N 1°43′52″W / 53.86076°N 1.73099°W / 53.86076; -1.73099
Grid reference	SE177405
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 December 1876	Opened
28 October 1940	Closed

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