Cornholme railway station

Cornholme
Cornholme
General information
Location	Cornholme, Calderdale; England
Coordinates	53°43′56″N 2°08′00″W / 53.732164°N 2.133200°W
Grid reference	SD913262
Platforms	2
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
July 1878	Station opened
26 September 1938	Station closed

Cornholme railway station served the village of Cornholme in West Yorkshire, England on the Copy Pit line. The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in July 1878^[1] (nearly thirty years after the line itself) and closed by the LMS on 26 September 1938.^[2] The line remains in use for passenger trains between York/Leeds and Blackpool, which run non-stop between Hebden Bridge and Burnley, and also for trains between Manchester and Blackburn, via Todmorden, utilising the reinstated Todmorden Curve.

With the re-opening of the Todmorden Curve, there is now a campaign to open a station again at Cornholme. The Campaign group CRAG (Cornholme Rail Action Group) have not stated where the new station would be located.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire Railway Stations from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 37. ISBN 9781445603070.
^ Magill, Peter (27 June 2011). "Cornholme villagers bid for new rail station". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ "Full steam ahead for new station campaign". www.todmordennews.co.uk. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.