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. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891. 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. 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.
The branch connected to the north with the terminus to the south.