Holmfield railway station

Holmfield railway station is a closed railway station that served the village of Holmfield in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

Holmfield
Location	Holmfield, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53.75190°N 1.87409°W
Grid reference	SE084283
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
14 October 1878	Opened
23 May 1955	Closed to passengers
27 June 1960	Closed completely

History

A 1913 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (lower left) lines in the vicinity of Holmfield station, including the Halifax & Ovenden Joint Railway (blue & orange) and the Halifax High Level Railway (red)

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 14 October 1878 as the terminus of the line from Queensbury, following delays to the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway due to land slips in the Halifax area. It became a through station with the opening of the line to Halifax on 1 September 1879 (goods) with passenger services not starting along the entire route until 1 December 1879. It became a junction with the opening of the Halifax High Level railway to St. Paul's (Halifax) on 5 September 1890. The station closed to passengers 23 May 1955 with goods facilities remaining via Queensbury until 28 May 1956 and via Halifax until 27 June 1960.[2]

Very little now remains to show that this was once a busy country junction. The overbridge carrying Holdsworth Road at the northern end of the station still exists, with a flooded cutting stretching north from the bridge. The bridge walls show where the station access steps were.[3]

In March 2008 a planning application was submitted to redevelop the existing disused industrial buildings on the remaining unused railway land to build mixed use industrial units.[4]

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Pellon		L&YR and GN Halifax High Level Railway		Terminus
Ovenden		L&YR and GN Queensbury Lines Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway		Queensbury

References

1. Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
2. Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.
3. "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
4. "PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HOLMFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HOLMFIELD HALIFAX DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT" (PDF). March 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

External links

• Holmfield station on navigable 1947 O. S. map