Penda's Way railway station

Penda's Way
Site of the station in 2012
General information
Location	Cross Gates, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.8118°N 1.4374°W / 53.8118; -1.4374
Grid reference	SE 371 352
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	LNER until 1948, BR (N.E region) 1948 to closure
Key dates
1939	Opened
1964	Closed

Penda's Way railway station was a railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line at the eastern edge of Cross Gates in West Yorkshire. The station opened on 5 June 1939^[1] to serve a new housing estate and was named after a nearby battle where King Penda was killed. The station was named by Gertrude Bray, a local builder and politician who was responsible for developing the housing estate it served.^[2] It closed on 6 January 1964^[3] together with the line and has been demolished entirely.^[4]

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.^[5] A lattice footbridge connected the northern ends of the platforms. The station was staffed and handled parcels as well as baskets of homing pigeons, but it had no freight facilities.^[4]

Lines

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cross Gates		London and North Eastern Railway Cross Gates to Wetherby Line		Scholes Line closed; station closed

References

1. Hoole, K. (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 205. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
2. "Woman as Central Figure at Opening of New Station". Leeds Mercury. 6 June 1939. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
3. Bertram. D. (February 1961). "The lines to Wetherby and their traffic". Trains Illustrated: 99–106.
4. Nick Catford (22 May 2017). "Penda's Way". disused-stations.org.uk.
5. Barrington, E P (1998). Bairstow, Martin (ed.). Railways around Harrogate. Volume three. Farsley: Martin Bairstow. p. 48. ISBN 1-871944-18-X.