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Rochdale Road Halt railway station

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Not to be confused with Rochdale railway station. Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

Rochdale Road Halt
General information
LocationGreetland, Calderdale
England
Coordinates53°41′20″N 1°51′21″W / 53.6889°N 1.8557°W / 53.6889; -1.8557
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1907Opened
23 September 1929Closed to passengers

Rochdale Road Halt served the village of Greetland, West Yorkshire, England, on the Stainland Branch from 1907 to 1929.

Location

The halt was located where the Stainland Branch crosses Rochdale Road (B6113) on an overbridge. The bridge and station have now been demolished and little remains to show a railway crossed the road here.

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Greetland   L&YR
Stainland Branch
  West Vale
Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
enlarge… to Bradford to Bradford enlarge…
Queensbury
Holmfield Bailiff Bridge
Lightcliffe Clifton Road
Ovenden to Kirklees enlarge…
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
enlarge… to Burnley
Ripponden and
Barkisland
Portsmouth Rishworth
Cornholme Hebden Bridge
Stansfield Hall Eastwood
Todmorden
Walsden
to Rochdale enlarge…

References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 390
  • Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.


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