Newtown Goods Station and Yard, Huddersfield

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  • location: accessed from Green Street, Huddersfield
  • status: no longer exists
  • category: railway feature

Built by the Midland Railway as a goods yard with sidings. Originally the Midland Railway Huddersfield Branch line ran 4.4 miles from Huddersfield to Lower Hopton, but was later shorted to 1.2 miles by connecting it to a junction at Red Doles near Woodhouse Hall.

Coal was carried from the goods yard to the gas works on Leeds Road by the Beaumont Street Flyer.

Discovering Old Huddersfield

Extract from Discovering Old Huddersfield (1993-2002) by Gordon & Enid Minter:

In 1899 the Midland Railway Company was empowered by an Act of Parliament to build a new main line to the north through Bradford, with branches to Huddersfield and Halifax. The new line into Huddersfield was to run from Mirfield through Deighton, Fartown and Birkby to Newtown which was seen as an ideal site for a goods yard, sidings and a station. The five mile length of line was completed in 1910 and opened to goods traffic but, owing to the outbreak of war in 1914, plans for a passenger station at Newtown were abandoned. After the war, because of the amalgamation of various railway companies, the original grand scheme was dropped The line continued to carry goods traffic until 1937 when it was abandoned, although the sidings at Newtown Yard were maintained until the 1950s. Subsequently the site was cleared and redeveloped in the modern style we see today.

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