Haigh railway station served the village of

Haigh, West Yorkshire Haigh is a hamlet, straddling the counties of South and West Yorkshire in England. It is split between the Barnsley and Wakefield districts. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it grew as a pit village and had its own colliery ...

, England from 1850 to 1965 on the

Hallam Line The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line. Services on this line are operated by Nort ...

History

The station opened on 1 January 1850 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 ...

. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 September 1965.

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Disused railway stations in Wakefield Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 1850 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England Beeching closures in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub