Pellon railway station

Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°43′45″N 1°52′59″W / 53.72912°N 1.88295°W / 53.72912; -1.88295Grid referenceSE078258Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyHalifax High Level RailwayPre-groupingLancashire & Yorkshire Railway and Great Northern RailwayKey dates5 September 1890 (1890-09-05)Station opened1 January 1917 (1917-01-01)Station closed

Pellon railway station is a closed station that served the area of Pellon in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

History

A 1913 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (lower left) the Halifax High Level Railway (red) including Pellon station

It was one of two stations on the short lived Halifax High Level Railway, which was built to serve the west side of Halifax. The station opened on 5 September 1890.[1] The line had been originally been proposed to go straight through to Huddersfield however the plan was abolished. The line did not have many passengers as those who wanted to travel to Huddersfield had a 5-mile (8 km) and an extra journey time of 30 minutes to get there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917[2] due to the introduction of Electric trams to Halifax.[3] The branch closed to goods on 27 June 1960[3] along with the line around Holmfield.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Pauls   L&YR and GN
Halifax High Level Railway 		  Holmfield
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Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
Queensbury
Holmfield
Bailiff Bridge
Lightcliffe
Clifton Road
Ovenden
to Kirklees enlarge…
North Bridge
Brighouse
Hipperholme
Pellon
Halifax St Pauls
Elland
Halifax Town
South Parade
Greetland
Shaw Syke
Rochdale Road Halt
Copley
West Vale
Stainland and
Holywell Green
Sowerby Bridge
Luddendenfoot
Watson's Crossing Halt
Mytholmroyd
Triangle
Ripponden and
Barkisland
Portsmouth
Rishworth
Cornholme
Hebden Bridge
Stansfield Hall
Eastwood
Todmorden
Walsden

Notes

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 182
  2. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 182, 112
  3. ^ a b Marshall 1970, p. 123

References

  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6.

External links

  • Pellon station (shown closed) on navigable 1947 O. S. map


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