Shelley railway station
Railway station in West Yorkshire, England
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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.
Coordinates53.5873°N 1.6855°W
SystemStation on heritage railway
Shelley | |||||
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Approaching the turntable at Shelley station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Shelley, Kirklees England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53.5873°N 1.6855°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE208101 | ||||
| System | Station on heritage railway | ||||
| Operated by | Whistlestop Valley | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| May 1997[1] | opened | ||||
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History
The original standard gauge line was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as part of their 3+1⁄2-mile (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.
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