Ovenden railway station
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| Ovenden | |
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| Ovenden railway station platform building (right). The running lines were to the right of the platform building. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ovenden |
| Area | Calderdale |
| Coordinates | 53°44′25″N 1°52′27″W / 53.74022°N 1.87413°WCoordinates: 53°44′25″N 1°52′27″W / 53.74022°N 1.87413°W |
| Grid reference | SE084271 |
| Operations | |
| 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 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 2 June 1881 | Opened |
| 23 May 1955 | Closed to passengers |
| 23 May 1955 | Closed completely |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Ovenden railway station served the village of Ovenden in West Yorkshire, England. It was on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, and closed in 1955. Because of the local area at Ovenden the L&Y and the GN did not think it was important to have a nice station so it was built of timber, ironically it is the only station building which still exists, far outliving the stone buildings. Just along the line from Ovenden Station was Lee Bank tunnel.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| North Bridge | L&Y / GNR Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway |
Holmfield | ||
| Calderdale Lines (Past, present and future) | |
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[edit] References
- ^ Wignall, C. J. (1985). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer 1825–1985 (Revised edition ed.). Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 0-86093-294-X.
- Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-87194-422-8.
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