Holmfirth railway station

Holmfirth
General information
Location	Holmfirth, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53.5735°N 1.7828°W / 53.5735; -1.7828
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)[1]
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.[2] The engineering works were to the same double line standard as the main line, in anticipation of a widespread industrialisation that never materialised. It was planned to continue the line to a junction with the Woodhead Line via a tunnel under Black Hill.

The station was presided over and maintained by a groundskeeper, Cecil Walker, between the years 1850 and 1879, when he retired and maintenance responsibilities were transferred to the council.

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.

v t e 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

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 230. OCLC 931112387.
2. 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.