Ripponden and Barkisland railway station explained

Ripponden and Barkisland
Status:Disused
Borough:Ripponden, Calderdale
Country:England
Coordinates:53.674°N -1.9377°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pregroup:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:5 August 1878
Events:Opened as Ripponden
Years1:1 December 1891
Events1:Name changed to Ripponden and Barkisland
Years2:8 July 1929
Events2:Closed to passengers
Years3:1958
Events3:closed completely

Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden.[1] Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.[2] Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891.[3] The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, which became one of the constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on grouping in 1923.[4] The latter company closed the station to passengers on 8 July 1929 and British Railways ceased goods traffic in 1958 after which the line was dismantled.[5]

The branch connected to the north with the terminus to the south.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Chapman . Stephen . Wild . Jack . Railway memories No. 11: Halifax and the Calder Valley . 1998 . Bellcode Books . Todmorden . 1-871233-10-0 . 7.
  2. Web site: Ripponden & The Ryburn Valley Tourist Information . visitcalderdale.com . 10 November 2024.
  3. Book: Burgess . Neil . The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield . 2014 . Stenlake Publishing . Catrine . 9781840336573 . 66.
  4. Book: Bairstow . Martin . The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line . 2001. 1987 . Bairstow . Farsley . 1-871944-22-8 . 3.
  5. Book: Joy . David . South and West Yorkshire: the industrial West Riding . 1984 . 1975 . David Charles . Newton Abbot . 0-9465-3711-9 . 258 . 2.
  6. Book: Bairstow . Martin . The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line . 2001. 1987 . Bairstow . Farsley . 1-871944-22-8 . 2.