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LYRS 2777n -1937. Sowerby Bridge - general view of track formation, loco depot, Goods Yard and West Signal Box taken from the top of Sowerby Tunnel.

Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…

LYRS 2786 - Sowerby Bridge - general view of the town looking east across the station & coal yard and drops.

This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…

LYRS 2783n - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of town with the station in the foreground. This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies and a large imposing…

LYRS 3501 - Sowerby Bridge - view in town before widening of the railway bridge for the new station c1870. The Town Hall tower visible above the bridge.

LYRS 2781 - Sowerby Bridge - old station. The first station at Sowerby Bridge opened in October 1840 with the opening of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden bridge and Normanton. It was situated between Sowerby Tunnel and Rochdale Road and…

The station approach in BR days. The station was demolished in 1978 following serious fire damage and all that remains is the single storey building on the left now the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms.