Ravensthorpe Lower railway station

Ravensthorpe
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
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	Opened as Ravensthorpe
30 September 1951	Name changed to Ravensthorpe Lower
30 June 1952	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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Legend

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

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

Huddersfield Line

to Huddersfield

References

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