Skelmanthorpe railway station
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Skelmanthorpe Station. The bridge carries Station Road over the Kirklees Light Railway. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Skelmanthorpe |
| Area | Kirklees |
| 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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Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network, and is now a station on the Minimum Gauge Kirklees Light Railway. Situated in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, Northern England.
History
The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway as part of their 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line from Clayton West Junction on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (between Shepley and Denby Dale) to Clayton West.
References
- http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
- http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/skelmanthorpe/
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
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| Shelley | Kirklees Light Railway | Cuckoos Nest | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Shepley | L&YR Clayton West branch |
Clayton West | ||
Coordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°39′14″W / 53.59507°N 1.65397°W
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