Ryhill Halt | |
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Location | |
Place | Ryhill |
Area | City of Wakefield |
Coordinates | 53°37′03″N 1°24′44″W / 53.617500°N 1.412300°WCoordinates: 53°37′03″N 1°24′44″W / 53.617500°N 1.412300°W |
Grid reference | SE389135 |
Operations | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | LYR |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
History | |
3 June 1912 | Station opened |
10 September 1951 | Station closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Ryhill Halt railway station in Ryhill, West Yorkshire, England was a small railway halt on the Dearne Valley Junction Railway, a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which connected it to the Dearne Valley Railway. It was situated between Wakefield Kirkgate and Grimethorpe. It was opened for passenger traffic on 3 June 1912 and closed, along with others on the line on 10 September 1951.
Another station, Ryhill, served the village on the GCR's Barnsley Coal Railway from 1882 to 1930, about half a mile to the north west.