Elland railway station

53°41′26″N 1°50′19″W / 53.6906°N 1.8386°W / 53.6906; -1.8386Grid referenceSE107215Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyManchester and Leeds RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
London and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates5 October 1840 (1840-10-05)Opened1 August 1865Resited28 June 1962Goods facilities withdrawn10 September 1962Closed14 March 2023New station gains planning approvalc. 2025Proposed reopening date

Elland railway station served the town of Elland in West Yorkshire, England until 1962.^[1]

History

The station was originally opened on 5 October 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway.^[2][3] It was resited 607 ft (185 m) east on 1 August 1865,^[2][3] by which time the line had become part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which had taken over the Manchester and Leeds on 9 July 1847.^[4] Upon the grouping in 1923, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.^[5]

Elland station closed to passengers on 10 September 1962.^[2][3] Goods facilities were withdrawn on 28 June 1962.^[6]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Greetland Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway		Brighouse Line and station open

Proposed reopening

Plans to reopen the station in 2000 (at the same time as Brighouse railway station) were cancelled due to lack of funds.^[7]

In 2006, Clayton Homes offered to build a station in return for planning permission for residential development.^[8] This did not materialise but Calderdale Council continued consulting on possible plans.^[8]

Reopening of the station is supported by the Halifax & District Rail Action Group and local campaign group "Give Elland a Rail Station".^[7] The New Stations Study undertaken for West Yorkshire Metro in 2014 found that Elland provided the strongest business case of a potential thirteen sites on the Calder Valley line, and was recommended for further study along with stations at Haxby, East Leeds/Thorpe Park, and Cross Hills, with a projected cost of reopening of £6 million.^[9]

In June 2017, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority allocated £20 million towards re-opening the station, with an estimated opening date of 2022.^[10] In November 2017, the government announced Elland was one of four new stations proposed in the Government's ‘Connecting People: Strategic Vision for Rail’.^[11] In 2021, a planning application was submitted for two platforms, lifts, and a 116 space car park.^[12]

In March 2023, the planning application for the new station was approved and construction is expected to begin in 2024 for a potential opening date of December 2025.^[13]

Preceding station	Future services			Following station
Halifax		Northern Caldervale Line		Brighouse
Sowerby Bridge

References

Notes

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.

• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• Proposed Elland Railway Station Development Brief on the Calderdale Council website
• Elland station, to the right, on navigable 1947 O. S. map

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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