Rishworth railway station

Rishworth railway station was a railway station on the Rishworth branch, built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to serve the village of Rishworth in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1881 and closed to passenger services in 1929; goods traffic ceased in 1953.^[1]

Rishworth
Overgrown site of the former station in 2009
General information
Location	Rishworth, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53.6656°N 1.9451°W / 53.6656; -1.9451
Grid reference	SE037187
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
1 March 1881	Opened
8 July 1929	Closed to passengers
February 1953	closed completely

While the station was open, services ran from and to Sowerby Bridge north of Rishworth. A planned extension of the line towards Rochdale was never built.^[1]

None of the buildings are still standing intact, however, some station remains can be seen on the overgrown site, as well as the platform.^[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		L&YR Rishworth branch		Ripponden and Barkisland

v t e Calderdale Lines
Legend
Past, present and future
to Bradford to Bradford Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Ovenden to Kirklees 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 to Burnley Ripponden and Barkisland Portsmouth Rishworth Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden to Rochdale

References

1. "Railway Ramblers Gazetteer Of Disused Lines In West Yorkshire". Retrieved 9 December 2008.
2. "Sowerby Bridge to Rishworth 1881 - 1929". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.

External links

• Rishworth station on navigable 1947 O. S. map