Queensbury lines

United Kingdom legislation

The Queensbury lines was the name given to a number of railway lines in West Yorkshire, England, that linked Bradford, Halifax and Keighley via Queensbury. All the lines were either solely owned by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) or jointly by the GNR and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The terrain was extremely challenging for railway construction, and the lines were very expensive to build. The lines werethe Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, opened from 1874; the Bradford and Thornton Railway, opened in stages from 1876; the Halifax, Thornton and Keighley Railway from Holmfield to Queensbury and from Thornton to Keighley, opened in stages from 1878; the Halifax High Level Railway, opened from 1890, but closed to passengers in 1917.

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