Place Holmfield Grid reference SE084283 Original company Great Northern Railway | Area Calderdale 14 October 1878 Opened Platforms in use 3 | |
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Pre-grouping Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Great Northern Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway Similar Ovenden railway station, Queensbury railway station, North Bridge railway st, Copley railway station, Clifton Road railway st | ||
Holmfield railway station is a closed railway station that served the village of Holmfield in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
History
The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 14 October 1878 as the terminus of the line from Queensbury, following delays to the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway due to land slips in the Halifax area. It became a through station with the opening of the line to Halifax on 1 September 1879 (goods) with passenger services not starting along the entire route until 1 December 1879. It became a junction with the opening of the Halifax High Level railway to St. Paul's (Halifax) on 5 September 1890. The station closed to passengers 23 May 1955 with goods facilities remaining via Queensbury until 28 May 1956 and via Halifax until 27 June 1960.
Very little now remains to show that this was once a busy country junction. The overbridge carrying Holdsworth Road at the northern end of the station still exists, with a flooded cutting stretching north from the bridge. The bridge walls show where the station access steps were.
In March 2008 a planning application was submitted to redevelop the existing disused industrial buildings on the remaining unused railway land to build mixed use industrial units.