Place Mirfield Grid reference SE177209 Platforms in use 2 | Area Kirklees 1 October 1840 Station opens | |
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Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway Similar Huddersfield Broad Canal, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Kirklees Priory, Longwood and Milnsbrid, Bradley railway station | ||
Cooper Bridge was a railway station built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway to serve the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
History
Opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840 to serve Huddersfield, 4 miles (6.4 km) away, which at that time did not have a station of its own. The station was said to have been built for and by, the owner of Kirklees Hall the Armytage family.
References
Cooper Bridge railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA