Clayton West railway station

Railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°35′50″N 1°36′40″W / 53.597146°N 1.611230°W / 53.597146; -1.611230Grid referenceSE257112Operated byWhistlestop ValleyPlatforms1HistoryOriginal companyLancashire & Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLondon & North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish RailwayKey dates1 September 1879opened24 January 1983closed^[1]1991^[2]reopened

Kirklees South Lines

Legend

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

Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network (until 1983) and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England.

History

The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Clayton West branch line to Clayton West from Shepley Junction was authorised by an act of Parliament on 11 June 1866. It was opened on 1 September 1879 and was built to double line standards, as so many of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch lines in this area were.

It was closed on 24 January 1983.^[3]

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 128. OCLC 931112387.
^ https://www.whistlestopvalley.co.uk/klr
^ 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.