Northorpe Higher railway station

Northorpe Higher railway station served the Northorpe area of Mirfield, in West Yorkshire, England.

Northorpe Higher
Bridge abutments on the site of the former station
Location	Northorpe, West Yorkshire, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53.6836°N 1.6766°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1900	Station opens
11 July 1921	destroyed by fire
1921	rebuilt as Northorpe Higher
5 September 1953	Station closes

Leeds New Line
to Leeds Copley Hill Farnley & Wortley to Batley Gildersome East Great Northern Railway to Bradford │ to Morley Gildersome tunnel Great Northern Railway to Bradford │ to Batley Birstall Town Gomersal Gomersal tunnel Cleckheaton Spen Liversedge Spen Heckmondwike Spen Spen Valley Line Ravensthorpe branch Spen Valley Line Mirfield branch Northorpe Higher Battyeford Huddersfield line to Dewsbury Calder Valley line Huddersfield line to Huddersfield

History

Northorpe Station was situated on the north side of Shillbank Lane, with the platforms, buildings and covered access stairs being built from wood. On 11 July 1921 a passing Huddersfield goods train started a grass fire at around 6 p.m., which spread to the station buildings, destroying them and damaging the track when the canopy fell. The station was replaced the same year with Northorpe Higher station, this time south of the overbridge over Shillbank Lane.[1]

The station was closed to passengers on 5 September 1953.[2]

References

1. "Mirfield's Railways". Retrieved 23 January 2011.
2. "Lost Railways of West Yorkshire - Heaton Lodge - Farnley Junction (Leeds New Line)". lostrailwaysofyorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Battyeford		LNWR Leeds New Line		Heckmondwike Spen