Skelmanthorpe railway station

Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe
Station on heritage railway
	Skelmanthorpe Station. The bridge carries Station Road over the Whistlestop Valley.
Location	Skelmanthorpe, Kirklees; England
Coordinates	53°35′42″N 1°39′14″W / 53.59507°N 1.65397°WCoordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°39′14″W / 53.59507°N 1.65397°W
Grid reference	SE230110
Operated by	Whistlestop Valley
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London & North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1879	opened
24 January 1983	closed
26 December 1992	reopened

Kirklees South Lines

Legend

To Heckmondwike					To Dewsbury and Wakefield
To Calderdale
Cooper Bridge


Bradley


Deighton (1982– )					Deighton (1871–1930)
					Kirkheaton
Newtown goods					Huddersfield
					Fenay Bridge and Lepton
Longwood and Milnsbridge					Lockwood
Golcar					Kirkburton
Netherton					Berry Brow
Slaithwaite					Healey House
Meltham					Honley
Marsden					Brockholes
To Saddleworth
Thongsbridge					Stocksmoor
Holmfirth					Shepley

Denby Dale					Shelley
To Penistone					Skelmanthorpe
					Cuckoos Nest
					Clayton West

Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley.

History[]

The station was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It was on the company's 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line to Clayton West, which junctioned with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway between Shepley and Denby Dale stations.

References[]

Preceding station	Heritage railways		Following station
Shelley		Whistlestop Valley	Cuckoos Nest
	Disused railways
Shepley		Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch	Clayton West

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