Ovenden railway station
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Ovenden railway station served the village of Ovenden
in West Yorkshire
, England
. It was on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, and closed in 1955. Because of the local area at Ovenden the L&Y
and the GN
did not think it was important to have a nice station so it was built of timber, ironically it is the only station building which still exists, far outliving the stone buildings.
Just along the line from Ovenden Station was Lee Bank tunnel
.
Ovenden
Ovenden is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, located next to Boothtown and Illingworth and about 1 mile from Halifax town centre.Ovenden had a railway station, originally on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway line...
in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway, and closed in 1955. Because of the local area at Ovenden the L&Y
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
and the GN
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
did not think it was important to have a nice station so it was built of timber, ironically it is the only station building which still exists, far outliving the stone buildings.
Just along the line from Ovenden Station was Lee Bank tunnel
Lee Bank tunnel
Lee Bank Tunnel was built near Ovenden in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was long and was very close to Woodside Viaduct and Woodside Tunnel. The southern portal of Lee Bank tunnel was infilled when the main Keighley road was doubled to a dual carrige way....
.