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Title: Ripponden Station. - LYR00109
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Title
Ripponden Station. - LYR00109
Description
LYRS 2584 - Ripponden Station - general view of Goods Shed & Yard. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and then on to Rishworth in 1881. Although double track only one had ever been commercially used. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy Bridge so as to reduce journey time between Manchester and Leeds. This did not proceed and the Standedge Line became the preferred direct route between the two cities. Not being able to compete first with trams and then with motor buses the Branch closed to passengers in 1929 and finally to all traffic in 1958.
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Source
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
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PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
LYR00109.tif
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Ripponden Station. - LYR00109,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/12760.
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