Greetland railway station

Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

53°41′36″N 1°51′24″W / 53.693454°N 1.856775°W / 53.693454; -1.856775Grid referenceSE095218Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyManchester and Leeds RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1844Station opens
as North Dean1897renamed Greetland8 September 1962Station closes1965Station demolished

Greetland railway station was a railway station that served the village of Greetland in West Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was originally opened as North Dean in July 1844.^[1] It was subsequently changed to North Dean and Greetland and then to Greetland in 1897. Situated near the junction of the main Calder Valley line and the steeply-graded branch towards Halifax (which opened at the same time as the station), it also served as the junction station for the Stainland Branch from its opening in 1875 until 1929. It was closed to passenger traffic on 8 September 1962.

The signal box seen in the picture was reopened in 2000 after a prolonged period of disuse but closed in August 2009 (along with its neighbour at Elland). By December 2009 it had been demolished. The junction and associated signalling is now operated from York ROC following the closure of Healey Mills PSB which took over when Greetland closed.

Preceding station	Historical railways		Following station
Halifax Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway	Elland Line open, station closed
Sowerby Bridge Line and station open			Elland Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Halifax Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Stainland Branch	Rochdale Road Halt Line and station closed

Calderdale Lines

Legend

Past, present and future

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

Watson's Crossing Halt

to Burnley

Portsmouth

Eastwood

to Rochdale

References

^ Joy, David (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume VIII South and West Yorkshire. David St John Thomas. p. 317. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.

Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.
Light Railways Act, 1896.. Order Made By The Light Railway Commissioners...Authorising The Construction Of A Light Railway In The County Of York, From Stainland With Old Lindley To Greetland.