Skelmanthorpe railway station

53°35′42″N 1°39′14″W / 53.59507°N 1.65397°W / 53.59507; -1.65397Grid referenceSE230110Operated byWhistlestop ValleyPlatforms1HistoryOriginal companyLancashire & Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLondon & North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish RailwayKey dates1 September 1879opened24 January 1983closed26 December 1992reopened

v t e Kirklees South Lines
Legend
To Heckmondwike To Dewsbury and Wakefield To Calderdale Cooper Bridge Bradley Deighton (1982– ) Deighton (1871–1930) Kirkheaton Newtown goods Huddersfield Fenay Bridge and Lepton Longwood and Milnsbridge Lockwood Golcar Kirkburton Netherton Berry Brow Slaithwaite Healey House Meltham Honley Marsden Brockholes To Saddleworth Thongsbridge Stocksmoor Holmfirth Shepley Denby Dale Shelley To Penistone Skelmanthorpe Cuckoos Nest Clayton West

Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley.

History

The station was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It was on the company's 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line to Clayton West, which junctioned with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway between Shepley and Denby Dale stations.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172729/http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
• http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/skelmanthorpe/

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Shelley		Whistlestop Valley		Cuckoos Nest
	Disused railways
Shepley		Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch line		Clayton West