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Ackworth railway station

Coordinates: 53°39′16″N 1°18′48″W / 53.65458°N 1.31347°W / 53.65458; -1.31347
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Ackworth
General information
LocationAckworth, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°39′16″N 1°18′48″W / 53.65458°N 1.31347°W / 53.65458; -1.31347
Grid referenceSE454177
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySwinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Pre-groupingSwinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Post-groupingSwinton and Knottingley Joint Railway
Key dates
1 July 1879Station opens
2 July 1951Station closes in effect
After 21 July 1959Station closes officially

Ackworth railway station was a railway station serving Ackworth in the English county of West Yorkshire.

History

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The station was opened by the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway, which became a joint railway between the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by British Railways.

Site today

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Trains pass on the Dearne Valley line, but there is no longer a station at Ackworth.

References

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

Service

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Moorthorpe and
South Kirkby
  LM&S / LNER
Joint Line
  Pontefract Baghill
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