High Royds railway station

High Royds, a small mining community near Barnsley in South Yorkshire is not to be confused with High Royds, near Menston in West Yorkshire, served by the Wharfedale Line and the site of a former mental health institution.

High Royds
General information
Location	Shortwood, Barnsley England
Coordinates	53°30′38″N1°27′49″W / 53.510493°N 1.463680°W / 53.510493; -1.463680
Grid reference	SE356016
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
4 September 1854	opened
1856	closed

High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between Birdwell & Hoyland Common and Dovecliffe. The station opened on 4 September 1854 and closed just two years later, one of the most short-lived stations in the county. The station was situated at the small settlement of Shortwood, between Birdwell and Upper Hoyland

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Dovecliffe		South Yorkshire Railway		Birdwell & Hoyland Common

References

• "The South Yorkshire Railway", D.L.Franks, Turntable Enterprises, 1971. ISBN   0-902844-04-0