Watson's Crossing Halt railway station

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Watson's Crossing Halt
General information
Location Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale
England
Coordinates 53°42′10″N1°54′59″W / 53.7027°N 1.9163°W / 53.7027; -1.9163
Grid reference SE058230
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1907opened
8 July 1929closed
Location
Watson's Crossing Halt railway station

Watson's Crossing Halt was a halt on the Rishworth branch, in West Yorkshire, England built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It was located just west of Watson Mill Lane, named after a nearby woollen mill. [1]

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History

The halt was opened to serve the new motor railcar service in 1907 which was introduced on this line and the neighbouring Stainland Branch in response to growing competition from trams. [2] When open, services ran to Sowerby Bridge heading north, and to Rishworth heading south. [3]

Route

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Triangle   L&YR
Rishworth branch 		  Sowerby Bridge

References

  1. ↑ Yorkshire CCXXX.15 (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1919.
  2. ↑ "Railway Ramblers; L&YR SOWERBY BRIDGE - RISHWORTH" . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN   1-871944-22-8.


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