Great Northern Railway’s Queensbury lines (historical)

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The Great Northern Railway’s Queensbury lines were a network of steeply graded and tunnel-rich railway routes in West Yorkshire, England, historically linking industrial towns such as Bradford, Halifax, and Keighley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical railway network ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
category disused railway lines in West Yorkshire ⓘ
characteristic heavy engineering works ⓘ
numerous tunnels ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
connectedTown Queensbury ⓘ
constructionType cuttings and embankments ⓘ
tunnels and viaducts ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electrification none ⓘ
engineeringChallenge steep gradients and heavy freight ⓘ
geographicContext between Bradford, Halifax and Keighley ⓘ
heritageStatus of interest to railway historians ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
legacy remains visible in landscape ⓘ
linkedIndustrialTowns Bradford ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Keighley ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
networkType branch and connecting lines ⓘ
notableFeature Queensbury triangle junction ⓘ
operator Great Northern Railway ⓘ
ownership Great Northern Railway ⓘ
partOf Great Northern Railway network ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
propulsion steam locomotives ⓘ
railwayCompany Great Northern Railway ⓘ
region Northern England ⓘ
servedAreaType industrial towns ⓘ
servedCity Bradford ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Keighley ⓘ
servedIndustry coal industry ⓘ
engineering industry ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
servedRegion Airedale ⓘ
Calderdale ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
successorUse partly converted to footpaths and cycle routes ⓘ
terrain Pennine foothills ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
transportRole inter-urban connection in West Yorkshire ⓘ

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Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England → traversedBy → Great Northern Railway’s Queensbury lines (historical) ⓘ