Ripponden and Barkisland railway station

Ripponden and Barkisland
General information
LocationRipponden, Calderdale
England
Coordinates53°40′26″N 1°56′16″W / 53.674024°N 1.937673°W / 53.674024; -1.937673
Grid referenceSE042197
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 August 1878Opened as Ripponden
1 December 1891Name changed to Ripponden and Barkisland
8 July 1929Closed to passengers
1958closed completely

Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden.[1] Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.[2] Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891.[3] The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, which became one of the constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on grouping in 1923.[4] The latter company closed the station to passengers on 8 July 1929 and British Railways ceased goods traffic in 1958 after which the line was dismantled.[5]

The branch connected Sowerby Bridge to the north with the terminus Rishworth to the south.[6]

  1. ^ Chapman, Stephen; Wild, Jack (1998). Railway memories No. 11: Halifax and the Calder Valley. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 7. ISBN 1-871233-10-0.
  2. ^ "Ripponden & The Ryburn Valley Tourist Information". visitcalderdale.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 9781840336573.
  4. ^ Bairstow, Martin (2001) [1987]. The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 3. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
  5. ^ Joy, David (1984) [1975]. South and West Yorkshire: the industrial West Riding (2 ed.). Newton Abbot: David Charles. p. 258. ISBN 0-9465-3711-9.
  6. ^ Bairstow, Martin (2001) [1987]. The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 2. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.