Clayton West railway station

Clayton West
Station on heritage railway
Clayton West railway station in 1979
General information
LocationClayton West, Kirklees
England
Coordinates53°35′50″N 1°36′40″W / 53.597146°N 1.611230°W / 53.597146; -1.611230
Grid referenceSE257112
Operated byWhistlestop Valley
Platforms1
History
Original companyLancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1879opened
24 January 1983closed[1]
1991[2]reopened

Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network (until 1983) and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England.

History

The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Clayton West branch line to Clayton West from Shepley Junction was authorised by an act of Parliament on 11 June 1866. It was opened on 1 September 1879 and was built to double line standards, as so many of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch lines in this area were.

It was closed on 24 January 1983.[3]

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 128. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "KLR". whistlestopvalley.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.

Further reading

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Cuckoos Nest   Whistlestop Valley   Terminus
Disused railways
Skelmanthorpe   Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Clayton West branch line 		  Terminus


Stub icon

This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.