After the Midland Railway declined to support the proposal the promoters turned to the GNR instead who .
Declining to support the whole proposal did agree to sponsor a bill to extend the Halifax and Ovenden to Queensbury and to extend the Bradford and Thornton to Keighley .
After the Midland Railway declined to support the proposal the promoters turned to the GNR instead who , although declining to support the whole proposal did agree to sponsor a bill to extend the Halifax and Ovenden to Queensbury and to extend the Bradford and Thornton to Keighley .