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Ripponden and Barkisland railway station

Coordinates: 53°40′26″N 1°56′16″W / 53.674024°N 1.937673°W / 53.674024; -1.937673
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Ripponden and Barkisland
General information
LocationRipponden, Calderdale
England
Coordinates53°40′26″N 1°56′16″W / 53.674024°N 1.937673°W / 53.674024; -1.937673
Grid referenceSE042197
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 August 1878Opened as Ripponden
1 December 1891Name changed to Ripponden and Barkisland
8 July 1929Closed to passengers
1958closed completely

Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891. The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, which became one of the constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on grouping in 1923. The latter company closed the station to passengers on 8 July 1929 and British Railways ceased goods traffic in 1958 after which the line was dismantled.

The branch connected Sowerby Bridge to the north with the terminus Rishworth to the south.


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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rishworth   L&YR
Rishworth branch
  Triangle
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