Shelley | |
Type: | Station on heritage railway |
Borough: | Shelley, Kirklees |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.5873°N -1.6855°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Operator: | Whistlestop Valley |
Platforms: | 1 |
Years: | May 1997[1] |
Events: | opened |
Shelley railway station forms the western terminus of the Whistlestop Valley and serves the village of Shelley, West Yorkshire. England. There was never a station here on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
The original standard gauge line was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as part of their branch line from Clayton West Junction on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (between and) to . The trackbed was later rebuilt by the Kirklees Light Railway, now known as Whistlestop Valley as a minimum gauge railway.