Hipperholme railway station

Hipperholme
Hipperholme
	A photograph of the station pre-grouping
General information
Location	Hipperholme, Calderdale; England
Coordinates	53°43′30″N 1°49′01″W / 53.725°N 1.817°W
Grid reference	SE121254
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 August 1850	opened
8 June 1953	closed (passenger)
1966	closed (goods)

Hipperholme railway station served the village of Hipperholme in West Yorkshire, England.^[1]

History

Site of Hipperholme railway station. The platforms stretched all the way to the tunnel mouth.

Hipperholme railway station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 17 August 1850.^[2] The station closed to passengers on 8 June 1953^[3] and to goods in 1966.A campaign is under way to re-open the closed station or to have a new one built in the area to alleviate congestion in the Hipperholme area.^[4]In August 2018, as part of a call for new stations on the Caldervale Line it was proposed that Hipperholme could reopen.^[5]