Hipperholme railway station

Hipperholme
A photograph of the station pre-grouping
General information
Location	Hipperholme, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53°43′30″N1°49′01″W / 53.725°N 1.817°W / 53.725; -1.817
Grid reference	SE121254
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 August 1850	opened
8 June 1953	closed (passenger)
1966	closed (goods)
Location

Hipperholme railway station served the village of Hipperholme in West Yorkshire, England. ^[1]

History

Site of Hipperholme railway station. The platforms stretched all the way to the tunnel mouth.

Hipperholme railway station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 17 August 1850. ^[2] The station closed to passengers on 8 June 1953 ^[3] and to goods in 1966. A campaign is under way to re-open the closed station or to have a new one built in the area to alleviate congestion in the Hipperholme area. ^[4] In August 2018, as part of a call for new stations on the Caldervale Line it was proposed that Hipperholme could reopen. ^[5]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Halifax		L&Y Caldervale line		Lightcliffe

v t e Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
to Bradford to Bradford Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Ovenden to Kirklees North Bridge Brighouse Hipperholme Pellon Elland Power Station Halifax St Pauls Elland Halifax Town South Parade Greetland Shaw Syke Rochdale Road Halt Copley West Vale Stainland and Holywell Green Sowerby Bridge Luddendenfoot Watson's Crossing Halt Mytholmroyd Triangle to Burnley Ripponden and Barkisland Portsmouth Rishworth Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden to Rochdale

References

1. Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN   1-871944-22-8.
2. "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion - Hipperholme railway station". September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
3. Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 16. OCLC   504319235.
4. "Hipperholme A58 - Hipperholme Railway Station". January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
5. "CALDERDALE COUNCIL: New age of the train" . Retrieved 12 August 2018.

External links

• Hipperholme station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Hipperholme railway station in 1962 on flikr
• Hipperholme railway station booking office in 1963 on flikr
• Hipperholme railway station in L&YR days