Ackworth railway station

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Ackworth
Ackworth-railway-station-by-Bill-Henderson.jpg
General information
Location Ackworth, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates 53°39′16″N1°18′48″W / 53.65458°N 1.31347°W / 53.65458; -1.31347 Coordinates: 53°39′16″N1°18′48″W / 53.65458°N 1.31347°W / 53.65458; -1.31347
Grid reference SE454177
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Pre-groupingSwinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Post-groupingSwinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Key dates
1 July 1879Station opens
2 July 1951Station closes in effect
After 21 July 1959Station closes officially

Ackworth railway station was a railway station serving Ackworth in the English county of West Yorkshire.

Contents

History

The station was opened by the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway, which became a joint railway between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by British Railways.

Site today

Trains pass on the Dearne Valley line, but there is no longer a station at Ackworth.

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References

Service

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Moorthorpe and
South Kirkby
  LM&S / LNER
Joint Line
  Pontefract Baghill