Ryhill Halt railway station
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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.
Ryhill
Ryhill is a small village and civil parish situated on the B6428 road in West Yorkshire, England approximately 7 miles south east of the city of Wakefield. It has a population of 2,628....
, 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...
was a small railway halt on the Dearne Valley Junction Railway, a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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...
which connected it to the Dearne Valley Railway
Dearne Valley Railway
The Dearne Valley Railway was a railway line which ran through the valley of the River Dearne in South Yorkshire. It was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 6 August 1897 to build a line between Brierley Junction, on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, to junctions with the Great...
. It was situated between Wakefield Kirkgate
Wakefield Kirkgate railway station
Wakefield Kirkgate railway station is a railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Unlike the nearby Wakefield Westgate railway station, Kirkgate is unstaffed and served mostly by local trains...
and Grimethorpe
Grimethorpe Halt
Grimethorpe Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway situated between Great Houghton Halt and Ryhill Halt. It served the village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England....
. 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
Ryhill railway station
Ryhill railway station was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway, later the MS&L, Great Central and London and North Eastern Railway and opened for passenger traffic on 1 September 1882...
, served the village on the GCR
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
's Barnsley Coal Railway
Barnsley Coal Railway
The Barnsley Coal Railway was a short railway which, when fully opened, ran between Stairfoot Junction, on the Mexborough to Barnsley line of the South Yorkshire Railway and a triangular junction at Nostell on the West Riding and Grimsby line....
from 1882 to 1930, about half a mile to the north west.