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Shelley railway station

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.

History

The original standard gauge line was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as part of their branch line from Clayton West Junction on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (between and ) to . The trackbed was later rebuilt by the Kirklees Light Railway, now known as Whistlestop Valley as a minimum gauge railway.

References

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172729/http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php