Skelmanthorpe railway station

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

Skelmanthorpe
Station on heritage railway
Skelmanthorpe Station. The bridge carries Station Road over the Kirklees Light Railway.
Location	Skelmanthorpe, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53.59507°N 1.65397°W
Grid reference	SE230110
Operated by	Kirklees Light Railway
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1879	opened
24 January 1983	closed
26 December 1992	reopened

Kirklees South Lines
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

History

The station was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire and 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		Kirklees Light Railway		Cuckoos Nest
	Disused railways
Shepley		L&YR Clayton West branch		Clayton West