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Stainland Branch
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Calder Valley line
Greetland
Calder Valley line
Rochdale Road Halt
West Vale
Stainland and Holywell Green
The Stainland branch was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and linked Greetland with Stainland and Holywell Green. It served the villages of Greetland, West Vale, Holywell Green and Stainland.[1]
Viaduct of the line across Stainland Road
^Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. pp. 317. ISBN 0-94653-711-9.
The Stainlandbranch was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and linked Greetland with Stainland and Holywell Green. It served the villages of...
Stainland and Holywell Green railway station served the villages of Stainland and Holywell Green in West Yorkshire, England from 1875 until 1929. Goods...
Greetland and Stainland are villages in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, and together with the surrounding area form the...
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), apart from the final section of the branch leading into Huddersfield, which was owned by the London and North Western...
the StainlandBranch from 1875 to 1929. The station was opened on New years day 1875, along with the rest of the branch. For such a small branch, the...
West Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Greetland and Stainland parish of the Calderdale Council. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Halifax...
steeply-graded branch towards Halifax (which opened at the same time as the station), it also served as the junction station for the StainlandBranch from its...
in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
Yorkshire, England. It falls within the Calderdale Ward of Greetland and Stainland. According to the 2011 Census, this ward had a population of 11,389. Geographically...
the early railways for the convenience of staff and passengers. On the Stainland Line from Halifax a small halt was made at the north end of West Vale...
Triangle railway station was a railway station near Triangle on the Rishworth branch built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. When open, services ran to...
1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. lxxxvi)) Buckstones and Elland, and Sykehouse and Stainland Roads Act 1838 1 & 2 Vict. c. xxxix 11 June 1838 An Act for more effectually...
Rishworth railway station was a railway station on the Rishworth branch, built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to serve the village of Rishworth...
14 November 1826 (Repealed by Buckstones and Elland, and Sykehouse and Stainland Roads Act 1838 (c.xxxix)) Northampton and Cold Brayfield Road Act 1827...
prophets and Glorious Company of the Apostles." The Stainland Cross, on Stainland Road in Stainland, is a Grade II listed building. It represents a saltier...
station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England...
opened. Significant improvements were made, including the Salterhebble branch to Halifax, opened in 1828, and ever-longer cuts to bypass river sections...
elder sister, was appointed head teacher at West Vale girls' school, Stainland Road, Greetland, moving from the Higher Board School at Halifax. In August...
there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 due to the introduction of Electric trams to Halifax. The branch closed to...
1 April 1841. The station became a junction from 1 January 1852, when a branch line from nearby Milner Royd Junction to Halifax was opened by the M&L's...
(February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 16. OCLC 504319235. "Hipperholme...
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