Hipperholme railway station

Former railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°43′30″N 1°49′01″W / 53.725°N 1.817°W / 53.725; -1.817Grid referenceSE121254Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates17 August 1850opened8 June 1953closed (passenger)1966closed (goods)

Hipperholme railway station served the village of Hipperholme in West Yorkshire, England.[1]

History

Site of Hipperholme railway station. The platforms stretched all the way to the tunnel mouth.

Hipperholme railway station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 17 August 1850.[2] The station closed to passengers on 8 June 1953[3] and to goods in 1966. A campaign is under way to re-open the closed station or to have a new one built in the area to alleviate congestion in the Hipperholme area.[4] In August 2018, as part of a call for new stations on the Caldervale Line it was proposed that Hipperholme could reopen.[5]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Halifax   L&Y
Caldervale line 		  Lightcliffe
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Pellon
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Elland
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Triangle
Ripponden and
Barkisland
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Rishworth
Cornholme
Hebden Bridge
Stansfield Hall
Eastwood
Todmorden
Walsden

References

  1. ^ Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
  2. ^ "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion - Hipperholme railway station". September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  3. ^ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 16. OCLC 504319235.
  4. ^ "Hipperholme A58 - Hipperholme Railway Station". January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ^ "CALDERDALE COUNCIL: New age of the train". Retrieved 12 August 2018.

External links

  • Hipperholme station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
  • Hipperholme railway station in 1962 on flikr
  • Hipperholme railway station booking office in 1963 on flikr
  • Hipperholme railway station in L&YR days


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