Shelley
Station on heritage railway
Approaching the turntable at Shelley station
General information
LocationShelley, Kirklees
England
Coordinates53°35′14″N 1°41′08″W / 53.5873°N 1.6855°W / 53.5873; -1.6855
Grid referenceSE208101
Operated byWhistlestop Valley
Platforms1
Key dates
May 1997[1]opened

Shelley railway station forms the western terminus of the Whistlestop Valley and serves the village of Shelley, West Yorkshire. England. There was never a station here on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

History

The original standard gauge line was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as part of their 3.5 miles (5.6 km) branch line from Clayton West Junction on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (between Shepley and Denby Dale) to Clayton West. The trackbed was later rebuilt by the Kirklees Light Railway, now known as Whistlestop Valley as a minimum gauge railway.

References

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Terminus   Whistlestop Valley   Skelmanthorpe


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