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St Pauls railway station (Halifax)

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Place
  
Halifax

Grid reference
  
SE079246

Original company
  
Queensbury lines

Area
  
Calderdale

5 September 1890
  
Opened

St Pauls railway station (Halifax)

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, North Bridge railway st, Copley railway station, Clifton Road railway st, Luddendenfoot railway station

St Pauls railway station served the St. Paul's area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England on the Halifax High Level Railway.

History

It was one of two stations on the short lived Halifax High Level Railway, which was built to serve the west side of Halifax. The station opened on 5 September 1890. The line had been originally been proposed to go straight through to Huddersfield however the plan was abandoned in 1887. The line did not have many passengers as those who wanted to travel to Huddersfield had a 5 miles (8.0 km) and an extra journey time of 30 minutes to get there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 as a wartime economy measure. However, they were reinstated after the war, but withdrawn again on 1 January 1927 due to the introduction of electric trams to Halifax. The branch closed to goods on 27 June 1960 along with the line from Holmfield to North Bridge.

References

St Pauls railway station (Halifax) Wikipedia