Hipperholme railway station served the village of

Hipperholme Hipperholme is a village in West Yorkshire, England, located between the towns of Halifax and Brighouse in the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11 ...

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History

Hipperholme railway station was opened by the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

on 17 August 1850. The station closed to passengers on 8 June 1953 and to goods in 1966. A campaign is under way to re-open the closed station or to have a new one built in the area to alleviate congestion in the Hipperholme area. In August 2018, as part of a call for new stations on the

Caldervale Line The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail rou ...

it was proposed that Hipperholme could reopen.

Route

References

External links

Hipperholme station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

Hipperholme railway station in 1962 on flikr

Hipperholme railway station booking office in 1963 on flikr

Disused railway stations in Calderdale Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub