Ripponden and Barkisland railway station

Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

Ripponden and Barkisland
General information
Location	Ripponden, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53°40′26″N 1°56′16″W / 53.674024°N 1.937673°W / 53.674024; -1.937673
Grid reference	SE042197
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 August 1878	Opened as Ripponden
1 December 1891	Name changed to Ripponden and Barkisland
8 July 1929	Closed to passengers
1958	closed completely

Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891. The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, which became one of the constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on grouping in 1923. The latter company closed the station to passengers on 8 July 1929 and British Railways ceased goods traffic in 1958 after which the line was dismantled.

The branch connected Sowerby Bridge to the north with the terminus Rishworth to the south.

References

Chapman, Stephen; Wild, Jack (1998). Railway memories No. 11: Halifax and the Calder Valley. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 7. ISBN 1-871233-10-0.
"Ripponden & The Ryburn Valley Tourist Information". visitcalderdale.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 9781840336573.
Bairstow, Martin (2001) . The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 3. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
Joy, David (1984) . South and West Yorkshire: the industrial West Riding (2 ed.). Newton Abbot: David Charles. p. 258. ISBN 0-9465-3711-9.
Bairstow, Martin (2001) . The Manchester & Leeds Railway - the Calder Valley Line. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 2. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.