Ackworth railway station explained

Ackworth
Status:Disused
Borough:Ackworth, City of Wakefield
Country:England
Coordinates:53.6546°N -1.3135°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Pregroup:Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Postgroup:Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Years:1 July 1879
Events:Station opens
Years1:2 July 1951
Events1:Station closes in effect
Years2:After 21 July 1959
Events2:Station closes officially

Ackworth railway station was a railway station serving Ackworth in the English county of West Yorkshire.

History

The station was opened by the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway, which became a joint railway between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by British Railways.

Site today

Trains pass on the Dearne Valley line, but there is no longer a station at Ackworth.

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