Ravensthorpe
The site of the station, looking northwest, in 2013
General information
Location	Ravensthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°41′00″N 1°39′15″W / 53.6834°N 1.6543°W / 53.6834; -1.6543
Grid reference	SE229208
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 July 1869 (1869-07-01)	Opened as Ravensthorpe
30 September 1951	Name changed to Ravensthorpe Lower
30 June 1952 (1952-06-30)	Closed

Ravensthorpe Lower railway station served the area of Ravensthorpe, in the historical county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1869 to 1952 on the Ravensthorpe Branch.

History

The station was opened as Ravensthorpe on 1 July 1869 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. To the northwest was the goods yard.^[1] Its name was changed to Ravensthorpe Lower on 30 September 1951. It closed to passengers on 30 June 1952,^[2] and goods on 1 January 1962.

Oil Terminal

With the closure of the LNWR line via Liversedge Spen, British Rail opened a spur, in 1966, from the Ravensthorpe Branch through to the Liversedge Spen to still operate the Charrington Hargreaves Oil Terminal. The Charrington Hargreaves Oil terminal was mothballed in 1986 and the line was ripped up in 1992.

Now

Sustrans and Kirklees Council have opened a cycle route, Spen Valley Greenway, on the track bed.

All that's left of the Ravensthorpe Station is the Goods Shed. Also, there's a 4-aspect signal just north of the existing railway line from Dewsbury to Mirfield.

Route

Railways in North Kirklees
Past, present and future
Great Northern Railway to Bradford Leeds New Line to Leeds Howden Clough Upper Batley to Leeds Birstall Town Birstall Carlinghow to Leeds Gomersal Chickenley Heath to Wakefield Batley Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Bradford Cleckheaton Central Cleckheaton Spen Liversedge Liversedge Spen Batley Carr Staincliffe and Batley Carr Heckmondwike Central Heckmondwike Spen Dewsbury Wellington Road Dewsbury Central Dewsbury Market Place Northorpe North Road Earlsheaton to Wakefield Ravensthorpe Lower Dewsbury Goods (NMR) Huddersfield Line to Wakefield Ravensthorpe original proposed Thornhill Northorpe Higher North Midland Railway to Royston and Notton Mirfield Battyeford Leeds New Line to Huddersfield Huddersfield Line to Huddersfield

References