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Damems 
Damems railway station in 2007 Location Place Damems Area City of Bradford Coordinates 53°50′45″N 1°55′28″W / 53.8459°N 1.9245°WCoordinates: 53°50′45″N 1°55′28″W / 53.8459°N 1.9245°W Grid reference SE050388 Operations Managed by Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Platforms 1 History 1 September 1867 Station opened 23 May 1949 Station closed 29 June 1968 Station re-opened Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Damems railway station serves the village of Damems near Keighley, and within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England. It is used for heritage trains and trains do not stop unless requested.
The station opened on 1 September 1867, several months after the others on the line; but it closed on 23 May 1949, some years before the line closed. It reopened with the line on 29 June 1968.[1]
It claims to be Britain's smallest railway station,[2] although it is no longer part of the main rail network. Damems has the distinction of being a station rather than a halt because in its original form it included a stationmaster's house and a siding to serve the mill in the village. The stationmaster's house remains, and is owned by the heritage railway, although the siding has been removed. The level crossing at the station is controlled from a gate box originally from Connoley on the Airedale line and has been installed since preservation. The crossing was originally worked from a groundframe in the stationmaster's garden. The last crossing keeper at Damems was Annie Feathers who lived in the stationmaster's house and received her wages which were thrown to her from the footplate of a passing locomotive.
Preceding station 
Heritage railwaysFollowing station Oakworth Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Ingrow (West) References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ "Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - Keighley, Haworth, Oxenhope". Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080330225312/http://www.kwvr.co.uk/guidebook/damems.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
Categories:- Heritage railway stations in Bradford
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1867
- Railway stations closed in 1949
- Railway stations opened in 1968
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs
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