Cooper Bridge | |
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Blocked entrance to former railway station, Cooper Bridge Road. | |
General information | |
Location | Mirfield, Kirklees England |
Coordinates | 53°41′06″N 1°43′55″W / 53.68487°N 1.732°W / 53.68487; -1.732 |
Grid reference | SE177209 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 October 1840 | Station opens |
20 February 1950 | Station closes |
Cooper Bridge was a railway station built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway to serve the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
History
Opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840 to serve Huddersfield, 4 miles (6.4 km) away, which at that time did not have a station of its own.
It is sometimes wrongly claimed that the station was built for and by, the owner of Kirklees Hall the Armytage family, although they were in fact investors in the rival Huddersfield & Manchester Railway.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Anderson, Robert (2000). Huddersfield Dewsbury and Batley (Railway Memories). Bellcode Books. ISBN 1-871233-13-5.
- "Cooper Bridge Station, Clifton". Huddersfield Exposed.
External links
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Clifton Road | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Pickle Bridge Line |
Mirfield | ||
Brighouse | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Calder Valley line |
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