Meltham branch line

Meltham branch line
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Penistone Line to Huddersfield
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Lockwood
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Penistone Line to Sheffield
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Woodfield
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Butternab Tunnel
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Netherton Tunnel
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Netherton
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Healey House
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Healey House Tunnel
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Meltham Mills
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Meltham

The Meltham branch line is a disused railway line that ran for 3½ miles (5.6 km) from Lockwood to Meltham, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was single track for its entire length. The last regular passenger service was on May 21, 1949. It closed completely on April 3, 1965.

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History

The line was authorised by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act of June 7 1861[1]. Construction began in April 1864 and the line opened to freight on August 10, 1868 with the first train carrying coal and lime. Passenger services began on July 5, 1869. The line was used to transport tractors from the David Brown tractor factory at Meltham.

The route

The route began just south of Lockwood station near Lockwood viaduct at a junction with the Penistone Line and continued as follows:

  • Woodfield (Opened and closed June 1874)
  • here is Butternab Tunnel (256 yards)
  • here is Netherton Tunnel (333 yards)
  • Netherton
  • Healey House
  • here is Healey House Tunnel (30 yards)
  • Meltham Mills (Closed 1934)
  • Meltham

Present day

A new housing estate and a Morrisons supermarket have been built on the site of the Meltham station but much of the line remains. In 2004 a plan was proposed to convert much of the track bed to a cycle track to be known as the Meltham Greenway.[2] The first section of this opened in May 2008[3] between Station Road in Meltham and Huddersfield road (B6108).[4]

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