Pellon railway station
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Pellon railway station is a closed station that served the area of Pellon in Halifax
, West Yorkshire
, England
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It was one of two stations on the short lived Halifax High Level Railway, which was built to serve the west side of Halifax
. The station opened on 5 September 1890. The line had been originally been proposed to go straight through to Huddersfield
however the plan was abolished. The line did not have many passengers as passengers who wanted to travel to Huddersfield had a 5 miles (8 km) and an extra journey time of 30 minutes to get there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 due to the introduction of Electric trams to Halifax. The branch closed to goods on 27 June 1960 along with the line around Holmfield.
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
, 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...
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History
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
. The station opened on 5 September 1890. The line had been originally been proposed to go straight through to Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
however the plan was abolished. The line did not have many passengers as passengers who wanted to travel to Huddersfield had a 5 miles (8 km) and an extra journey time of 30 minutes to get there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 due to the introduction of Electric trams to Halifax. The branch closed to goods on 27 June 1960 along with the line around Holmfield.