Ravensthorpe
The site of the station, looking northwest, in 2013
General information
LocationRavensthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates53°41′00″N 1°39′15″W / 53.6834°N 1.6543°W / 53.6834; -1.6543
Grid referenceSE229208
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 July 1869 (1869-07-01)Opened as Ravensthorpe
30 September 1951Name 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

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

References

  1. "Ravensthorpe L&Y railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 359. OCLC 931112387.


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