Ryhill Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Ryhill, City of Wakefield England |
Coordinates | 53°37′03″N 1°24′44″W / 53.617500°N 1.412300°W |
Grid reference | SE389135 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | LYR |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
3 June 1912 | Station opened |
10 September 1951 | Station closed |
Ryhill Halt railway station in Ryhill, West Yorkshire, England was a small railway halt on the Dearne Valley Junction Railway, a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which connected it to the Dearne Valley Railway.[1] It was situated between Wakefield Kirkgate and Grimethorpe. It was opened for passenger traffic on 3 June 1912 and closed, along with others on the line on 10 September 1951.[2]
Another station, Ryhill, served the village on the GCR's Barnsley Coal Railway from 1882 to 1930, about half a mile to the north-west.