Birkenshaw and Tong railway station

Birkenshaw and Tong
Birkenshaw and Tong
	The station in 1961
Location
Place	Birkenshaw
Area	West Yorkshire
Coordinates	53°45′30″N 1°41′15″W / 53.7582°N 1.6875°WCoordinates: 53°45′30″N 1°41′15″W / 53.7582°N 1.6875°W
Grid reference	SE207291
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
1856	Station opened
1953	Station closed to passengers
1964	Station closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Birkenshaw and Tong railway station served the village of Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, England from 1856 to 1964 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.

History

The station opened in 1856 by the Great Northern Railway. It was situated north of Drighlington and Adwalton station and south of Dudley Hill station. The station closed to passengers in 1953 and completely in 1964.^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dudley Hill Line and station closed		Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway		Drighlington and Adwalton Line and station closed

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