Lightcliffe railway station

Former railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°43′30″N 1°47′56″W / 53.725°N 1.799°W / 53.725; -1.799Grid referenceSE133254Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1850opened1965closed

Lightcliffe railway station served the village of Lightcliffe in West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in August 1850 and was a victim of the Beeching cuts on 14 June 1965.[1][2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hipperholme   L&Y
Caldervale line 		  Wyke and Norwood Green
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Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
Queensbury
Holmfield
Bailiff Bridge
Lightcliffe
Clifton Road
Ovenden
to Kirklees enlarge…
North Bridge
Brighouse
Hipperholme
Pellon
Halifax St Pauls
Elland
Halifax Town
South Parade
Greetland
Shaw Syke
Rochdale Road Halt
Copley
West Vale
Stainland and
Holywell Green
Sowerby Bridge
Luddendenfoot
Watson's Crossing Halt
Mytholmroyd
Triangle
Ripponden and
Barkisland
Portsmouth
Rishworth
Cornholme
Hebden Bridge
Stansfield Hall
Eastwood
Todmorden
Walsden

References

  1. ^ From Weaver to Web: Lightcliffe, Calderdale Council, retrieved 15 January 2012
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 264. OCLC 931112387.
  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.

External links

  • Lightcliffe station on navigable 1947 O. S. map


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