Churwell railway station

Churwell railway station served the village of Churwell, West Yorkshire, England from 1848 to 1940 on the Huddersfield line.

Churwell
Site of the former station (2013)
Location
Place	Churwell
Area	West Yorkshire
Coordinates	53.7636°N 1.5827°W / 53.7636; -1.5827
Grid reference	SE276297
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
18 September 1848 (1848-09-18)	Opened
2 December 1940 (1940-12-02)	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The station opened on 18 September 1848 by the London and North Western Railway. The station was situated on the embankment southeast of the railway bridge across Elland Road.[1] H. H. Asquith and Sir Charles Scarth, the Mayor of Morley, both met at the station on 16 October 1895 and they both rode up Churwell Hill for the official ceremony of Morley Town Hall. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 December 1940.[2][3][4]

References

1. Yorkshire CCXVIII.SW (includes: Leeds.) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1932.
2. "Churwell railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
3. "Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds". Leodis. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
4. "List of West Yorkshire passenger stations". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cottingley		London and North Western Railway Huddersfield line		Morley