High Royds railway station

High Royds railway station

"High Royds", a small mining community near Barnsley in South Yorkshire is not to be confused with High Royds, near Menston in West Yorkshire, served by the Wharfedale line and the site of a former mental health institution.

High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway 's Blackburn Valley line between Birdwell & Hoyland Common and Dovecliffe. The station opened on 4th September 1854 and closed just two years later, one of the most short-lived stations in the county.


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