Stanley (West Yorkshire) railway station

When Methley Joint Railway was built a site on Aberford Road was chosen for Stanley station which opened 1 May 1869.

Main freights were coal and rhubarb, the latter was conveyed as far as London.

Originally equipped with a Saxby and Farmer signal box, the station gained a Great Northern Railway Type 1 signal box with a 30 lever frame in 1884.

In 1961 Stanley was served by passenger trains running between Leeds Central and Castleford, with some of then continuing to and from Pontefract Baghill or Goole.

Diminishing cost-effectiveness of the line led to its closure on 2 November 1964, in the course of the Beeching cuts.