Skelmanthorpe railway station
Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, Northern England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Kirklees Light Railway.
| Skelmanthorpe | |
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 Skelmanthorpe Station. The bridge carries Station Road over the Kirklees Light Railway. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Skelmanthorpe |
| Area | Kirklees |
| Coordinates | 53.59507°N 1.65397°W |
| Grid reference | SE230110 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Operated by | Kirklees Light Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1 September 1879 | opened |
| 24 January 1983 | closed |
| 26 December 1992 | reopened |
| Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom | |
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History
The station was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was on the company's 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line to Clayton West, which junctioned with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway between Shepley and Denby Dale stations.
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References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172729/http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
- http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/skelmanthorpe/
| Preceding station |  |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley | Kirklees Light Railway | Cuckoos Nest | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Shepley | L&YR Clayton West branch |
Clayton West | ||
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