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- ↑ Magill, Peter (27 June 2011). "Cornholme villagers bid for new rail station". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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- Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
