Birkenshaw and Tong railway station served the village of

Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies at the crossroads between the A58 Leeds to Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road. At the 2011 census, the village was loca ...

, England from 1856 to 1964 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.

History

The station opened as Birkenshaw on 20 August 1856 by the Great Northern Railway. It was named Birkenshaw and Tong in late 1856. The station closed to passengers on 5 October 1953M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 74 and completely in 1964.

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Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 1856 establishments in England 1964 disestablishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub