Notes: In the heady mid-Victorian days of railway fever, Bradford had no less than three terminus stations operated by three different companies; Kirkgate station (later Market Street, then Forster Square), operated by the Leeds & Bradford Railway (LBR), Exchange station, operated by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR) and Adolphus Street station, operated by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway (LBHJR).

The terminus at Adolphus Street was well laid out and spacious, but was inconveniently placed. It was further out of the city centre than the other termini, and passengers had to endure a steep uphill climb to reach the station.

The station was provided with a substantial trainshed over six lines. There were four platform faces made up of two side platforms and a central island. Between each pair of platform lines there was a central road for running round. There was a concourse at the west end of the trainshed and at the back of the concourse a substantial range of office and passenger facilities including waiting rooms, a telegraph office and the booking office. There was a goods yard to the east of the station with numerous sidings two of which passed through a substantial goods shed. There was a large coal depot on the north side of the yard with an engine shed, turntable and coaling stage on the south side of the goods yard.

Trains had to reverse out of the station and reverse again to continue their journey to Halifax via Bowling junction. In 1859, the LHBJR sought permission to obtain running powers into the more conveniently situated Exchange station via a planned three quarters of a mile link with the line from Halifax at Mill Lane junction. Permission was granted, and by the time this extension was opened in 1867, the LBHJR had been in the ownership of the Great Northern Railway for two years. Adolphus Street station was then closed for passengers, but remained in use for substantial goods traffic. The official closure date for the goods yard is 1 May 1972 but it is likely that all traffic ceased well before that date. Although the trainshed was still standing, much of the goods yard had been demolished by 1970. In 1972 the trainshed was demolished to facilitate the realignment of Wakefield Road. Adolphus Street itself (the road) was also lost during the road works.

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