Greetland railway station

Greetland
Greetland
	265px Greetland signal box, on the former site of Greetland railway station.
Location
Place	Greetland
Area	Calderdale
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference	SE095218
Operations
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1844	Station opens; as North Dean
1897	renamed Greetland
8 September 1962	Station closes
1965	Station demolished
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Greetland railway station was a railway station that served the village of Greetland in West Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was originally opened as North Dean in July 1844.^[1] It was subsequently changed to North Dean and Greetland and then to Greetland in 1897. Situated near the junction of the main Calder Valley line and the steeply-graded branch towards Halifax (which opened at the same time as the station), it also served as the junction station for the Stainland Branch from its opening in 1875 until 1929. It was closed to passenger traffic on 8 September 1962.

The signal box seen in the picture was reopened in 2000 after a prolonged period of disuse but closed in August 2009 (along with its neighbour at Elland). By December 2009 it had been demolished. The junction and associated signalling is now operated from Healey Mills PSB.

Preceding station	Historical railways		Following station
Halifax Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway	Elland Line open, station closed
Sowerby Bridge Line and station open			Elland Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Halifax Line and station open		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Stainland Branch	Rochdale Road Halt Line and station closed