Place Holmfirth Grid reference SE145085 Address Holmfirth, United Kingdom | Area Kirklees 1 July 1850 opened Platforms in use 1 | |
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Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway Similar Honley railway station, Clayton West railway st, Skelmanthorpe railway station, Longwood and Milnsbrid, Bradley railway station | ||
Holmfirth railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.
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History
The branch line to Holmfirth was built at the same time as the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway line from Huddersfield to Penistone, incorporated by act of Parliament in 1845. The engineering works were to the same double line standard as the main line, in anticipation of a widespread industrialisation that never materialised.
Route
The Holmfirth Branch Line ran for 1.75 miles, leaving the main line south of Brockholes. It curved south through Thongsbridge before ending in a single platform terminus (with a turntable) at Holmfirth.
References
Holmfirth railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA