Greetland railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

that served the village of

Greetland Greetland is a small village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The appropriate Calderdale Ward is called Greetland and Stainland. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,389. It is located w ...

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History

The station was originally opened as North Dean in July 1844. It was subsequently changed to ''North Dean and Greetland'' and then to ''Greetland'' in 1897. Situated near the junction of the main Calder Valley line and the steeply-graded branch towards Halifax (which opened at the same time as the station), it also served as the junction station for the

Stainland Branch The Stainland branch was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and linked Greetland with Stainland and Holywell Green. It served the villages of Greetland, West Vale, Holywell Green and Stainland. History Traffic This branch was bu ...

from its opening in 1875 until 1929. It was closed to passenger traffic on 8 September 1962. The signal box seen in the picture was reopened in 2000 after a prolonged period of disuse but closed in August 2009 (along with its neighbour at ). By December 2009 it had been demolished. The junction and associated signalling is now operated from Healey Mills PSB.

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* https://flickr.com/photos/thanoz/2933820371/ Greetland railway station, 1962 {{DEFAULTSORT:Greetland Railway Station Disused railway stations in Calderdale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Elland