Bradford's Lost Great Northern Railway Line

What has now been replaced by homes, businesses and walking trails hides the history of the Great Northern Railway in Bradford. In a hook-shape around the Eastern periphery of the city the line connected up the former industry that once catapulted Bradford to its short-term wealth and fame. So lets explore how the railway came and went...
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00:00 Intro
00:10 The History of the Line
02:15 Ending
So with all that outta the way...
transit, united kingdom, great northern railway, Bradford, west Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Shipley, lost railways, heritage, history, news, explainer, transit, buses, short documentary.
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Sources
Music: freetousemusic.com & lukrembo by affogato.
Maps: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap & RailMapOnline.com
Images: Licensed via CC-BY-2.0
- Ex-WD 2-8-0 Heading to Shipley (Windhill) flic.kr/p/24qtGB7
- Shipley-Windhill Station and Bradford Canal flic.kr/p/2k7iWte
- 333003 at Keighley flic.kr/p/pJXSJK (CC-BY-SA 2.0)
Title: Bradford's Lost Great Northern Railway Link

[@geetee4459]

I was born in Shipley (Windhill) and - before we emigrated to Australia when I was 9yrs old - have many fond memories of playing around the disused railway tracks, closed railway tunnels and sprinting over the bridges over the old tracks.

[@AndrewG1989]

Perhaps the old Shipley branch line could be reopened and electrified. And electrification at Bradford Interchange if other lines are to be electrified.

[@Thoroughfare]

Yeah! That would be really interesting a bit like a Bradford Overground of sorts, though the line in sections has been heavily built on so it would need alot of work to bring it back. Hope you've had a good day!

[@kevinshaw3675]

What about the Penistone line.

[@stephenbennett1989]

Im from bradford and know the route well but its now obliterated by hospitals schools and residential housing