Carlinghow railway station

Carlinghow railway station served the district of Carlinghow, in the historic county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1872 to 1917 on the Birstall Branch line.

Carlinghow
General information
LocationCarlinghow, West Riding of Yorkshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1872 (1872-04-01)Opened
15 April 1917 (1917-04-15)Closed

History

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The station was opened on 1 April 1872 by the London and North Western Railway.[1] It closed as a wartime economy measure on 15 April 1917. Like Birstall, it erroneously showed as 'service suspended' in Bradshaw.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Birstall Goods". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 114. OCLC 931112387.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Birstall
Line and station closed
  Birstall Branch lineLondon and North Western Railway   Batley
Railways in North Kirklees
Past, present and future
Great Northern Railway
to Bradford
 
 
 
 
Leeds New Line
to Leeds
 
 
 
 
Howden Clough
Upper Batley
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birstall Town
 
 
 
 
 
Birstall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carlinghow
 
 
 
 
Gomersal
 
 
 
 
Chickenley Heath
 
 
 
 
 
 
Batley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cleckheaton Spen
 
 
 
 
 
Liversedge Spen
Batley Carr
 
 
 
 
 
 
Staincliffe and Batley Carr
 
 
 
 
 
Heckmondwike Spen
Dewsbury Wellington Road
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dewsbury Central
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dewsbury Market Place
Northorpe North Road
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earlsheaton
 
 
 
 
 
Ravensthorpe Lower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dewsbury Goods
(NMR)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huddersfield Line
to Wakefield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ravensthorpe
original
proposed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thornhill
 
 
 
 
 
North Midland Railway
to Royston and Notton
Mirfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leeds New Line
to Huddersfield
 
 
 
Huddersfield Line
to Huddersfield

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