Originally known as White Platts Junction, the line to the right goes into Todmorden Station and that to the left joins the Manchester & Leeds Railway at Hallroyd Junction to continue into Yorkshire. Between the two lines is the 'Todmorden Triangle'.
The station opened here when the section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge was inaugurated in December 1840. The station closed in 1951 but the coal drops remained in use until the mid-1960s.
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 diesel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the…
A busy early 20th century scene on the up platform, perhaps waiting for a Blackpool special! The station on the Burnley Branch, the so called Copy Pit Line, from Todmorden was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway with the line in 1849 and was…
Looking down the line towards Todmorden. The station had opened with the line in 1849 but was closed in 1958. Originally there had been a crossover at the point of the level crossing.