Elland railway station
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Elland Railway Station served the town of Elland
in West Yorkshire
, England
until 1962.
Plans to re-open the station in 2000 (at the same time as Brighouse railway station
) were cancelled due to lack of funds.
However plans to open a station are still ongoing but the construction is uncertain despite a housing developer offering to develop a station as condition of gaining planning permission for a nearby housing development.
Elland
Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The area of Elland was called Elant in the Domesday Book...
in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
until 1962.
Plans to re-open the station in 2000 (at the same time as Brighouse railway station
Brighouse railway station
Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the Caldervale Line and the Huddersfield Line running west from Leeds. The station reopened in 2000 and is served by local Northern Rail trains.- History :...
) were cancelled due to lack of funds.
However plans to open a station are still ongoing but the construction is uncertain despite a housing developer offering to develop a station as condition of gaining planning permission for a nearby housing development.