The Tunnel was completed in 1850 after some difficulty in construction, and allowed trains from the south to access the second railway terminus in the town of Bradford.

George Stephenson advised against this line due to the presence of old coal workings in the hill, which would hinder progress and allow water ingress from old mines.

Until the tunnel was opened, railway traffic terminated at Low Moor, and passengers were conveyed to Bradford in a horse-drawn carriage.

[8] The station closed in December 1951 and the line remained open for trains avoiding the reversal at Bradford Interchange until September 1985.

It became a long siding to Bowling Junction with no access to Laisterdyke railway station at its eastern end.