Holmfield railway station is a closed

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 pre ...

that served the village of

Holmfield Holmfield is an area of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England, north of the town centre. Early maps show no village in the area. Holmfield was developed in the 19th century after a mill, known as Holme Field Mill, was built on Strines Beck in the ...

in Halifax,

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History

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 14 October 1878 as the terminus of the line from , following delays to the

Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to development, and it acquired, or took le ...

due to land slips in the Halifax area. It became a through station with the opening of the line to Halifax on 1 September 1879 (goods) with passenger services not starting along the entire route until 1 December 1879. It became a junction with the opening of the Halifax High Level railway to St. Paul's (Halifax) on 5 September 1890. The station closed to passengers 23 May 1955 with goods facilities remaining via Queensbury until 28 May 1956 and via Halifax until 27 June 1960. Very little now remains to show that this was once a busy country junction. The overbridge carrying Holdsworth Road at the northern end of the station still exists, with a flooded cutting stretching north from the bridge. The bridge walls show where the station access steps were. In March 2008 a planning application was submitted to redevelop the existing disused industrial buildings on the remaining unused railway land to build mixed use industrial units.

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Holmfield station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Calderdale Former Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955