Elland railway station

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

Elland
Elland signal box, at the east end of the former location of Elland railway station.
General information
Location	Elland, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53°41′26″N 1°50′19″W / 53.6906°N 1.8386°W / 53.6906; -1.8386Coordinates: 53°41′26″N 1°50′19″W / 53.6906°N 1.8386°W / 53.6906; -1.8386
Grid reference	SE107215
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 October 1840 (1840-10-05)	Opened
1 August 1865	Resited
28 June 1962	Goods facilities withdrawn
10 September 1962	Closed
2022	Projected reopening

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Elland station closed to passengers on 10 September 1962.^[2]^[3] Goods facilities were withdrawn on 28 June 1962.^[6]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

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

References

Notes

^ Conolly 2004, p. 42, section c5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt 1995, p. 90.
^ ^a ^b ^c Quick 2009, p. 164.
^ Awdry 1990, p. 91.
^ Awdry 1990, p. 86.
^ Clinker 1988, p. 45.
^ ^a ^b Harris, Nigel, ed. (15–28 May 2013). "Rail group pushes for Elland station". RAIL (722): 17.
^ ^a ^b Peel, Michael (6 December 2007). "£350k...but still no sign of a railway station for Elland". Evening Courier. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ Atkins Ltd (14 October 2014). (PDF) (Final Report). West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ "Elland on track for a new station". News Centre - Official news site of Calderdale Council. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ The Railway Magazine January 2018
^ Pritchard, Robert, ed. (November 2021). "Plans for new Elland station". Today's Railways. No. 237. Sheffield: Platform 5. p. 18. ISSN 1475-9713.

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.