s were connected to the street level booking office via a wooden footbridge The station was opened by the
Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846 (which was subsequently absorbed by the
Midland Railway) which became part of the
London Midland and Scottish Railway following the
Grouping Act of 1923. The station, which had a street-level booking hall, consisted of two
island platforms which were separated by double track. Passenger services stopped between the platforms. The outside lines, which were fenced off from the island platforms, were used by through trains. A wooden footbridge connected the two island platforms to the street-level entrance way and booking hall. In 1948 the station passed on to the
Eastern Region of British Railways following
nationalisation. It was permanently closed by the
British Railways Board as part of the
Beeching Axe in March 1965. After closure, the station building was retained on Canal Road and was later used as commercial premises. The station sign has been repainted but not in its original colours or font. Nothing remains of the wooden footbridge and the island platforms. The remains of the entrance archway that led onto the bridge was bricked up. A gap remains between the surviving two lines showing where the former island platforms formerly stood. ==References==