Skelmanthorpe railway station

Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe Station. The bridge carries Station Road over the Kirklees Light Railway.
Location
Place	Skelmanthorpe
Area	Kirklees
Grid reference	SE230110
Operations
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operated by	Kirklees Light Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 September 1879	opened
24 January 1983	closed
26 December 1992	reopened
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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

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

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Shelley		Kirklees Light Railway		Cuckoos Nest
	Disused railways
Shepley		L&YR Clayton West branch		Clayton West

Coordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°39′14″W / 53.59507°N 1.65397°W / 53.59507; -1.65397