High Royds railway station explained

High Royds, a small mining community near Barnsley in South Yorkshire is not to be confused with High Royds, near Menston in West Yorkshire, served by the Wharfedale Line and the site of a former mental health institution.

High Royds
Status:Disused
Borough:Hoyland, Barnsley
Country:England
Coordinates:53.5105°N -1.4637°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:South Yorkshire Railway
Years:4 September 1854
Events:opened
Years1:1856
Events1:closed

High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between and . The station opened on 4 September 1854 and closed just two years later, one of the most short-lived stations in the county.

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