Lightcliffe railway station

Lightcliffe
Site of the former Lightcliffe railway station. The platforms were either side of the line in the foreground up to the base of the bridge.
General information
Location	Lightcliffe, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53.725°N 1.799°W / 53.725; -1.799
Grid reference	SE133254
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1850	opened
1965	closed

Lightcliffe railway station served the village of Lightcliffe in West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in August 1850 and was a victim of the Beeching cuts on 14 June 1965.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hipperholme		L&Y Caldervale line		Wyke and Norwood Green

Calderdale Lines
Past, present and future
to Bradford to Bradford Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Ovenden to Kirklees North Bridge Brighouse Hipperholme Pellon Elland Power Station Halifax St Pauls Elland Halifax Town South Parade Greetland Shaw Syke Rochdale Road Halt Copley West Vale Stainland and Holywell Green Sowerby Bridge Luddendenfoot Watson's Crossing Halt Mytholmroyd Triangle to Burnley Ripponden and Barkisland Portsmouth Rishworth Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden to Rochdale

References

• Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.

External links

• Lightcliffe station on navigable 1947 O. S. map