Methley railway station was opened in 1841 by the North Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds.

At one time, there were three railway stations in Methley and in 1950, British Railways renamed it Methley North.

Slightly to the south, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway made a north-facing junction of its line from Knottingley and it built its own station (Methley Junction).

A third station was built by the Methley Joint Railway, a line in which the L&YR, the GNR and the NER were shareholders.

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