Portsmouth (Lancs) railway station

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Portsmouth (Lancs)
Portsmouth Level Crossing - geograph.org.uk - 1511332.jpg
Level crossing at the site of the former station
General information
Location Portsmouth, Calderdale
England
Coordinates 53°43′59″N2°09′14″W / 53.733190°N 2.153820°W / 53.733190; -2.153820
Grid reference SD899262
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 November 1849 (1849-11-12)Opened as Portsmouth
after January 1948Renamed Portsmouth (Lancs)
7 July 1958 (1958-07-07)Closed
Location
Portsmouth (Lancs) railway station

Portsmouth railway station was on the Copy Pit line and served the village of Portsmouth, which was part of Lancashire, before being incorporated into the West Riding of Yorkshire in the late 1880s. It is now in the successor county of West Yorkshire. It opened along with the line in 1849 but was closed as an economy measure on 7 July 1958. [1] [2] Few traces of the station remain, although the line itself remains in use for passenger trains between Burnley and Hebden Bridge or Todmorden.

References

  1. ↑ Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 99. ISBN   978-1-4456-0307-0.
  2. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 350. OCLC   931112387.
Preceding stationHistorical railwaysFollowing station
Holme
Line open, station closed		  L&YR
Copy Pit Line 		  Cornholme
Line open, station closed


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