North Bridge railway station
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North Bridge railway station served on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The North bridge itself had to be rebuilt 11 feet (3.4 m) higher by the L&YR and the GNR
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....

 to clear the tracks. The station has been since demolished and a leisure centre built on the site, the only real remnant of the station is the Iron Foot Bridge and in the distance Old Lane Tunnel
Woodside (Old Lane) Tunnel
Old Lane Tunnel in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England was long and was between Woodside Viaduct and North Bridge railway station. The Southern Portal of the Tunnel can be seen from the Iron Footbridge at the top end of the car park at North Bridge leisure centre....

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