Place Skelmanthorpe Grid reference SE230110 Platforms in use 1 | Area Kirklees Operator Kirklees Light Railway | |
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Original company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Longwood and Milnsbrid, Bradley railway station, Clayton West railway st, Shelley railway station, Kirklees Light Railway | ||
Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network, and is now a station on the Minimum Gauge Kirklees Light Railway. Situated in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, Northern England.
History
The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway as part of their 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line from Clayton West Junction on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (between Shepley and Denby Dale) to Clayton West.
References
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