Holmfirth railway station

Holmfirth
Holmfirth
Location	Holmfirth, Kirklees; England
Coordinates	53.5735°N 1.7828°W
Grid reference	SE145085
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1850	opened
2 November 1959	closed (passengers)
3 May 1965	closed

Holmfirth railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.

History

The branch line to Holmfirth was built at the same time as the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway line from Huddersfield to Penistone, incorporated by act of Parliament in 1845.[1] The engineering works were to the same double line standard as the main line, in anticipation of a widespread industrialisation that never materialised.

Route

The Holmfirth Branch Line ran for 1.75 miles, leaving the main line south of Brockholes. It curved south through Thongsbridge before ending in a single platform terminus (with a turntable) at Holmfirth.

Kirklees South Lines

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

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		L&YR Holmfirth Branch		Thongsbridge

References

Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.

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[1] Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.