The Stainland branch was built by 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...

 and linked Greetland

Greetland railway station

Greetland railway station was a railway station that served the village of Greetland in West Yorkshire, England.-History:The station was originally opened as North Dean in July 1844. It was subsequently changed to North Dean and Greetland and then to Greetland in 1897...

 with Stainland and Holywell Green

Stainland and Holywell Green railway station

Stainland and Holywell Green railway station served the villages of Stainland and Holywell Green in West Yorkshire, England from 1875 until 1929. Goods services ended in 1959....

. It served the villages of Greetland, West Vale, Holywell Green and Stainland.

History

This branch was built to serve the local textile works with coal and woollen yarn going up the valley to the mills in Holywell Green

Holywell Green

Holywell Green is a small village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Halifax, north-west of Huddersfield and south-west of Elland.-History:...

 and Stainland

Stainland

Stainland is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, some south of Halifax, north-west of Huddersfield and west of Elland.-History:...

, with stone and cloth coming down to Greetland

Greetland

Greetland is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is located west of nearby Elland and south of Halifax.-Local history:The village may have been the site of a Roman settlement named Cambodunum...

. Six passenger trains a day were provided between Stainland and Halifax

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...

 when it opened in 1875 and these were converted to railmotor operation in 1907. At the grouping, the service had increased to 16 each way but competition from trams led to the LMS

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

withdrawing the service in 1929 with the branch remaining open for goods services until 1959.