Chickenley Heath railway station

Chickenley Heath
General information
Location	Chickenley, West Riding of Yorkshire England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Key dates
2 July 1877 (1877-07-02)	Opened
1 July 1909 (1909-07-01)	Closed
Location

Chickenley Heath railway station served the village of Chickenley, in the historical county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1877 to 1909 on the West Yorkshire Railway.

History

The station was opened on 2 July 1877 on the Great Northern Railway. When the Dewsbury loop opened in 1880, this station lost a lot of its traffic due to the trains being diverted, so it closed on 1 July 1909. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Ossett - Chickenley Heath Station". Ossett. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 124. OCLC   931112387.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Batley Line and station open		Great Northern Railway Batley to Adwalton Junction Line		Ossett Line and station closed

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