Watson's Crossing Halt railway station

Watson's Crossing Halt
Location
Place	Sowerby Bridge
Area	Calderdale
Coordinates	53°42′10″N 1°54′59″W / 53.7027°N 1.9163°WCoordinates: 53°42′10″N 1°54′59″W / 53.7027°N 1.9163°W
Grid reference	SE058230
Operations
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1907	opened
8 July 1929	closed
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Watson's Crossing Halt was a halt on the Rishworth Branch, in West Yorkshire, England built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

History

The halt was opened to serve the new motor railcar service in 1907 which was introduced on this line and the neighbouring Stainland Branch in response to growing competition from trams.^[1] When open, services ran to Sowerby Bridge heading north, and to Rishworth heading south.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Triangle		L&YR Rishworth Branch		Sowerby Bridge

References

1. "Railway Ramblers; L&YR SOWERBY BRIDGE - RISHWORTH". Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. Bairstow, Martin (1987). The Manchester and Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 28. ISBN 1-871944-22-8.

Calderdale Lines (Past, present and future)

( To Bradford) ( To Bradford) Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Wheatley ( To Kirklees) Ovenden Brighouse North Bridge Hipperholme Pellon Elland Power Station Halifax St Pauls Elland Halifax Town South Parade Greetland Shaw Syke Rochdale Road Halt Copley West Vale Stainland & Holywell Green Sowerby Bridge Watson's Crossing Luddendenfoot Triangle Ripponden & Barkisland ( To Burnley) Rishworth Portsmouth Mytholmroyd Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden ( To Rochdale)