Portsmouth (Lancs) railway station explained

Portsmouth (Lancs)
Status:Disused
Borough:Portsmouth, Calderdale
Country:England
Coordinates:53.7332°N -2.1538°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pregroup:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened as Portsmouth
Years1:after January 1948
Events1:Renamed Portsmouth (Lancs)
Events2:Closed

Portsmouth railway station was on the Copy Pit line and served the village of Portsmouth, which was part of Lancashire, before being incorporated into the West Riding of Yorkshire in the late 1880s. It is now in the successor county of West Yorkshire. It opened along with the line in 1849 but was closed as an economy measure on 7 July 1958.[1] [2] Few traces of the station remain, although the line itself remains in use for passenger trains between Burnley and Hebden Bridge or Todmorden.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tuffrey. Peter. West Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon. 2011. Amberley. Stroud. 978-1-4456-0307-0. 99.
  2. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 350. 931112387.