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Former railway station in West Yorkshire, England

Lightcliffe
Site of the former Lightcliffe railway station. The platforms were either side of the line in the foreground up to the base of the bridge.
General information
LocationLightcliffe, Calderdale
England
Coordinates53°43′30″N 1°47′56″W / 53.725°N 1.799°W / 53.725; -1.799
Grid referenceSE133254
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1850opened
1965closed

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.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hipperholme   L&Y
Caldervale line
  Wyke and Norwood Green
Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
enlarge… to Bradford to Bradford enlarge…
Queensbury
Holmfield Bailiff Bridge
Lightcliffe Clifton Road
Ovenden to Kirklees enlarge…
North Bridge Brighouse
Hipperholme
Pellon Elland Power Station
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
enlarge… to Burnley
Ripponden and
Barkisland
Portsmouth Rishworth
Cornholme Hebden Bridge
Stansfield Hall Eastwood
Todmorden
Walsden
to Rochdale enlarge…

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.

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