Stainland and Holywell Green railway station

Stainland and Holywell Green
Stainland and Holywell Green
	Station Road, near the site of the station, in 2006
General information
Location	Holywell Green, Calderdale ; England
Coordinates	53°40′24″N1°51′51″W / 53.673299°N 1.864275°W Coordinates: 53°40′24″N1°51′51″W / 53.673299°N 1.864275°W
Grid reference	SE090196
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1875	Opened
23 September 1929	Closed to passengers
14 September 1959	Closed to goods services

Last updated November 12, 2022

Stainland Branch

Legend

Calder Valley line

Greetland

Calder Valley line

Rochdale Road Halt

West Vale

Stainland and Holywell Green

Stainland and Holywell Green railway station served the villages of Stainland and Holywell Green in West Yorkshire, England from 1875 until 1929. Goods services ended in 1959. It was situated in the eastern part of Holywell Green.^[1]

History

The station was opened to passengers on New Year's Day 1875, along with the rest of the line, and was the terminus of the line. The station consisted of a single platform and building to the west of the line, on a slight curve.^[1] The facilities of the station included a booking office and general waiting room, a telegraph and parcels office, a porters room, a lamp room, ladies and men's waiting rooms, and ladies and men's toilets. The station was accessed via a path that led down from Station road to the platform.

Goods yard

The goods yard was located opposite Stainland station,^[1] and consisted of five sidings and a loop which connected with the down line. There was a goods shed, similar to that at West Vale, and also a long loading platform by the siding furthest from the main line. At the south end of this platform was a wagon weighbridge and office, as well as a small complex of cattle pens. A small stable to accommodate four horses and a harness room was situated near to the road entrance to the yard.

Closure

The station was closed in 1929, after passenger services on the line were terminated. The station was demolished 8 years later, in 1937. ^[2] The station site is now occupied by the Brookwoods Industrial estate, with the last section of the branch being used as an access road, passing under the bridge carrying Station Road.^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
West Vale		L&YR Stainland Branch		Terminus

Calderdale Lines

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References

Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
Wray, Tom (2001). Platform 52. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society. ISSN 0143-8875

1 2 3 Yorkshire Sheet CCXLVI.NW (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1908.
↑ Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
↑ Andrew Stopford / John Lawrence. "North Dean (Stainland) Branch" . Retrieved 3 January 2009.

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[OS_map-1] 1 2 3 Yorkshire Sheet CCXLVI.NW (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1908.

[2] Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.

[3] Andrew Stopford / John Lawrence. "North Dean (Stainland) Branch" . Retrieved 3 January 2009.

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