Place Eastwood Grid reference SD967260 Platforms in use 2 | Area Calderdale 1 January 1841 Opened | |
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway | ||
Eastwood Railway Station served the village of Eastwood in the civil parish of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The station opened with the line on New Years Day 1841 and was closed on 3 December 1951 by British Railways. No trace of the station now remains.
The signal box here survived for a further 20+ years until its abolition as part of the Preston area resignalling scheme in 1972. A derailment in the (now removed) goods loop next to the westbound line in October 1986 blocked the route for over a week - heavy lifting equipment had to be brought in to recover several overturned coal hopper wagons from the scene, whilst a replacement bus service ran between Todmoden & Hebden Bridge stations.
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Eastwood (L&Y) railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA