Ovenden railway station

Ovenden

Ovenden railway station platform building (right). The running lines were to the right of the platform building.
Location
Place Ovenden
Area Calderdale
Coordinates 53°44′25″N 1°52′27″W / 53.74022°N 1.87413°W / 53.74022; -1.87413Coordinates: 53°44′25″N 1°52′27″W / 53.74022°N 1.87413°W / 53.74022; -1.87413
Grid reference SE084271
Operations
Original company Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway
Post-grouping Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway
Platforms 2
History
2 June 1881[1] Opened
23 May 1955 Closed to passengers
23 May 1955 Closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Ovenden railway station served the village of Ovenden in West Yorkshire, England. It was on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, and closed in 1955. Because of the local area at Ovenden the L&Y and the GN did not think it was important to have a nice station so it was built of timber, ironically it is the only station building which still exists, far outliving the stone buildings. Just along the line from Ovenden Station was Lee Bank tunnel.[2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
North Bridge   L&Y / GNR
Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway		   Holmfield

References

  1. ↑ "Station Name: Ovenden". Disused Stations Site Record. Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Wignall, C. J. (1985). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer 1825–1985 (Revised ed.). Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 0-86093-294-X.
  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8. 


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