Carlinghow railway station

Carlinghow
General information
LocationCarlinghow, West Riding of Yorkshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1872 (1872-04-01)Opened
15 April 1917 (1917-04-15)Closed

Carlinghow railway station served the district of Carlinghow, in the historic county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1872 to 1917 on the Birstall Branch line.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1872 by the London and North Western Railway.[1] It closed as a wartime economy measure on 15 April 1917. Like Birstall, it erroneously showed as 'service suspended' in Bradshaw.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Birstall Goods". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 114. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Birstall
Line and station closed
  Birstall Branch lineLondon and North Western Railway   Batley
Railways in North Kirklees
Past, present and future
Great Northern Railway
to Bradford
Leeds New Line
to Leeds
Howden Clough
Upper Batley
enlarge… to Leeds
Birstall Town
Birstall
Carlinghow
enlarge… to Leeds
Gomersal
Chickenley Heath
Batley
Cleckheaton Spen
Liversedge Spen
Batley Carr
Staincliffe and Batley Carr
Heckmondwike Spen
Dewsbury Wellington Road
Dewsbury Central
Dewsbury Market Place
Northorpe North Road
Earlsheaton
Ravensthorpe Lower
Dewsbury Goods
(NMR)
Huddersfield Line
to Wakefield
Ravensthorpe
original
proposed
Thornhill
North Midland Railway
to Royston and Notton
Mirfield
Leeds New Line
to Huddersfield
Huddersfield Line
to Huddersfield

53°43′16″N 1°38′30″W / 53.7210°N 1.6418°W / 53.7210; -1.6418