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Penda's Way railway station

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The station was intended to serve the increasing commuter traffic in the area. Its platforms, which were both 120 yards (110 m) long, and the waiting rooms, had been constructed of wood. A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled
463: 502: 497: 492: 507: 221:, a local builder and politician who was responsible for developing the housing estate it served. It closed on 6 January 1964 together with the line and has been demolished entirely. 111: 456: 73: 482: 449: 152: 36: 487: 400: 316: 265: 148: 198: 105: 270: 257: 332: 429: 279: 210: 421: 396: 312: 433: 214: 209:. The station opened on 5 June 1939 to serve a new housing estate and was named after a 206: 476: 226: 218: 59: 377: 202: 55: 88: 75: 358:
Bertram. D. (February 1961). "The lines to Wetherby and their traffic".
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Cross Gates
City of Leeds
53°48′42″N 1°26′15″W / 53.8118°N 1.4374°W / 53.8118; -1.4374
Grid reference
SE 371 352
LNER
BR (N.E region)
Cross Gates–Wetherby line
Cross Gates
West Yorkshire
nearby battle
King Penda
Gertrude Bray
homing pigeons
Cross Gates
London and North Eastern Railway
Cross Gates to Wetherby Line
Scholes
ISBN
0-7153-8527-5
"Woman as Central Figure at Opening of New Station"


"Penda's Way"
ISBN
1-871944-18-X
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Yorkshire and the Humber
stub

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