Portsmouth (Lancs) railway station

Not to be confused with Portsmouth and Southsea railway station or Portsmouth Harbour railway station.

Portsmouth railway station was on the Copy Pit line and served the village of Portsmouth, which was part of Lancashire, before being incorporated into the West Riding of Yorkshire in the late 1880s. It is now in the successor county of West Yorkshire. It opened along with the line in 1849 but was closed as an economy measure on 7 July 1958.^[1][2] Few traces of the station remain, although the line itself remains in use for passenger trains between Burnley and Hebden Bridge or Todmorden.

Portsmouth (Lancs)
Level crossing at the site of the former station
General information
Location	Portsmouth, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53.733190°N 2.153820°W / 53.733190; -2.153820
Grid reference	SD899262
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 November 1849 (1849-11-12)	Opened as Portsmouth
after January 1948	Renamed Portsmouth (Lancs)
7 July 1958 (1958-07-07)	Closed

References

1. Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4456-0307-0.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 350. OCLC 931112387.

• Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.

External links

• Portsmouth station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Railscot - Photos of Portsmouth (Lancashire)

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Holme Line open, station closed		L&YR Copy Pit Line		Cornholme Line open, station closed

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