Last monday we held a station stories storygathering event at the jubilee refreshment rooms in sowerby bridge. Our base among the old warehouses of sowerby bridge wharf is ideally situated for exploring all the northern waterways. This station was built just east of the tunnel mouth and closed when the present site was opened. Sowerby bridge railway station 1972 part one youtube.
Jubilee rooms on the platform serve well kept real ale. Sowerby bridge railway station, calderdale area information. Sowerby bridge railway station sow abc railway guide. Trains mytholmroyd to sowerby bridge cheap tickets. Sowerby bridge railway station serves the town of sowerby bridge in west yorkshire, england. The station is on the calder valley line, operated by northern since april 2016 from york and leeds towards manchester victoria and preston.
View prices, availability and restrictions for onstreet and offstreet options and book a guaranteed space in seconds. Station road surgery information about the doctors surgery. Because of the difference in height between the junction at battersby railway station and the. Alternatively, megabus uk operates a bus from huddersfield town centre, bus station to st pancras, london st pancras megabusplus 3 times a week. Sowerby bridge railway station map and location information. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. Views of the historic and picturesque hebden bridge railway station. Station road surgery information about the doctors.
Available at hebden bridge local history societys website. This a bar for real ale and rail buffs, as films on railway history are regularly shown for people to enjoy with their pints. Todmorden todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the upper calder valley in calderdale, west yorkshire. Station road surgery station road surgery, station road, sowerby bridge,west yorkshire hx6 3ab, information about the doctors surgery opening hours, appointments, online prescriptions, health information and much more. Stanley street all day parking, sowerby bridge, hx6 2af costs. Hebden bridge railway station, calderdale, west yorkshire. Traintime bradford interchange to sowerby bridge train times. It took 12 years of negotiations, but finally a deal was done and financial help appeared, from the railway heritage trust. The shop on the main bus route from halifax, rochdale and oldham, and close to the train station and local market.
Traintime sowerby bridge to hebden bridge train times. Trains run from blackpool north to york via hebden bridge and halifax and from leeds via bradford to manchester victoria via all stations. The station was used jointly by the manchester and leeds railway and the liverpool and manchester railway. Property details for 4 canal mills wakefield road sowerby. Sowerby bridge railway station dated 1920 this image dg623. Bridge railway station opened in 1840, with a small booking office and.
Nov 11, 2016 in 1972 i took photographs of sowerby bridge railway station, i also took cine film of trains in the areas near the railway station. Situated on the forecourt of sowerby bridge railway station, the jubilee refreshment rooms are operated by two railway enthusiasts, andrew and chrisvwright, who have recreated the type of station refreshment rooms that would have been available during the golden age of rail travel. Brighouse railway station also opened at the same time. There are 3 ways to get from sowerby bridge to malton by train, bus or car.
Sowerby bridge railway station is a small unstaffed station on the manchester victoria mirfield via rochdale and stalybridge line in sowerby bridge, calderdale borough council. Hebden bridges victorian railway station is that it is featured in a new penguin viking book britains 100 best railway stations by sir simon jenkins. Hebden bridge railway station serves the town of hebden bridge in west yorkshire, england. Trusted by over 3 million drivers and commuters across the uk. Hebden bridge railway station is a railroad station in england. Our village of sowerby is one of the oldest in yorkshire recorded in the domesday book with a long and interesting history. Sowerby bridge library co david cant early image of the first sowerby bridge station, from a collection in sowerby bridge library, 1865. With patients needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. Sowerby bridge railway station opened in 1840 on part of the line between normanton and hebden bridge. Railway ramblers calderdale lost railways west yorkshire. Sowerby bridge station to london 8 ways to travel via train. In 1851 the halifax vicarage just across the road from the parish church was put up for sale and land was developed for sidings, mainly for handling of coal.
A portal into uk rail travel including train company information and promotions. Sowerby bridge to st pancras international station 8. You can take a train from sowerby bridge station to london kings cross via leeds in around 3h 19m. It took 12 years of negotiations, but finally a deal was done and financial help appeared, from the railway. See 22 photos and 2 tips from 323 visitors to sowerby bridge railway station sow. An eager audience at a meeting of hebden bridge local history. Aug 24, 2015 railway activity at sowerby bridge station, west yorkshire. Sowerby bridge station trains to sowerby bridge trainline. There are 8 ways to get from sowerby bridge station to london by train, bus, car or plane. Prices can also vary depending the time of day, route and class you book. After 1820 numerous public buildings were constructed in sowerby bridge, testifying to its growing prosperity.
Find and reserve the most convenient parking near sowerby bridge station, for a few hours or longerterm. Trains sowerby bridge to bradford interchange cheap. The book is no longer in print, but a reprint may be possible if there is sufficient. It is at the confluence of the river calder and river ryburn, and the name sowerby bridge references its situation as a crossing point over the river calder to the older settlement at sowerby. Go to the old website this new website is currently being, in the meantime please use the old website. Sowerby bridge has been a crossing point on the calder and ryburn rivers since the middle ages and probably long before that.
Hebden bridge railway station map england mapcarta. The place they found had been a victorian station, built in 1876, at sowerby bridge. The jubilee refreshment rooms are operated by two railway enthusiasts, chris and andrew wright who have recreated the type of station refreshment rooms that would have been available during the golden age of rail travel. Young and old connect at sowerby bridge for our station. Town centre trail hebden bridge local history society and. Leeds railway station also known as leeds city railway station is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of leeds in west yorkshire, england. Trains littleborough to sowerby bridge cheap tickets.
The original station at hebden bridge dated from the opening of the railway on 5 october 1840. Sowerby bridge railway station is used by the little community of the same name and the surrounding west yorkshire villages. As commuters huddle from the cold in the waiting rooms on hebden bridge station they can glimpse something of how the railways used to be in the photographic displays provided by the friends of hebden bridge station. Bradford interchange railway station sowerby bridge railway station. It is located on new station street to the south of city square, at the bottom of park row, behind the landmark queens hotel. The gradient now steepened to 1 in 60 as the line was carried over saddleworth and stainland roads by a arch viaduct to west vale station. In 1972 i took photographs of sowerby bridge railway station, i also took cine film of trains in the areas near the railway station. Live train times can be found on our stationboard pages. Oct 11, 2012 young and old connect at sowerby bridge for our station stories project the station stories project ventures further afieldand enlists the help of some young volunteers. Charlotte atkinson is traveling to hebden bridge from sowerby bridge railway station.
Books about sowerby bridge area browse 35 photo books on sowerby bridge and the surrounding area. It is a flatiron building prominently situated at the junction of west street and sowerby street. Starting at the sowerby bridge train station allowed those. Royal hotel, sowerby bridge 1 sowerby street 2 west street. Sowerby bridge station to london 8 ways to travel via. It left the sowerby bridge wakefield line just east of greetland station gr097218 and curved sharply sw to pass over rochdale road, where a railmotor halt was later provided. Most of it had been demolished, but there remained part of the structure, the old booking and parcels office.
I have used the tower house on a number of occasions now both for its closeness to halifax and more importantly to the training centre at sowerby bridge. Welcome to station road surgery, providing primary health care for sowerby bridge and surrounding areas. Sowerby bridge station train tickets, departures and. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Sowerby bridge to malton 3 ways to travel via train, bus. It was opened in the mid19 th century by the then manchester and leeds railway, though it was later moved half a mile up the tracks.
Its central twostorey section which contains the booking hall has a. A more direct link from halifax to sowerby bridge came in 1852 when the 23 arch viaduct at copley was completed followed by the station at copley in 1856. Transportation was provided by the building of roads, canals and later, the railway. A truly great place to stay, not had a bad room or experience yet. Hebweb news 2017 hebden bridge station cafe voted best in. We will meet anyone coming on a long journey if we know which train you will be arriving on. Sowerby bridge railway station, on the leedsmanchester line, is under 10 minutes walk away from our offices see map. Domestic weaving in the hilltop villages of sowerby and norland gave way to the building of large water powered mills by the river calder. Hebden bridge station is by no means an architectural gem, but it is.
A brief history of the rishworth branch ryburnvalleygreenway. Calderdale council serves the towns of brighouse, elland, halifax, hebden bridge, sowerby bridge and todmorden. Sowerby bridge railway station the caldervale line runs through the area with train stations at halifax, brighouse, sowerby bridge, mytholmroyd, hebden bridge, walsden and todmorden. Sowerby bridge rishworth lost railways west yorkshire. Published on aug 17, 2017 during april, network rail s orange army worked nonstop over an weekend to complete vital upgrade work to track and track bed through sowerby bridge station. Today you can see their history all around as you travel, but also how the west riding is adapting to 21st century life. Sowerby bridge station train tickets, departures and timetables northern northern. Our sue ryder sowerby bridge shop lies in the heart of this small town, situated on the main street close to lots of amenities. See property details on zoopla or browse all our range of properties in gig farm, eccles parlour, soyland hx6. Sowerby bridge station from allan wood taken in 1931 this image dg891.
View information about sowerby bridge railway station sow, including map and location information. Hotel built around 1850 for travellers on the new railway and sowerby bridge railway station. Its a bar and a cafe a place for refreshments, just like its name suggests. It is the thirdbusiest railway station in the uk outside london as of 2018. Thursday, 28 september 2017 the coffee station, the cafe on hebden bridge railway station, is the first ever winner of a prestigious national award.
The award is from railfuture the national rail passenger organisation that campaigns for better and more trains and a bigger and better. There are 8 ways to get from sowerby bridge to st pancras international station by train, bus, car, plane or subway. The manchester and leeds railway, which came to be built through the calder valley in 1841, ran through todmorden, hebden bridge and sowerby bridge, but did not extend to halifax. The staff are brilliant at the tower house and they serve a good breakfast also.
Media in category sowerby bridge railway station the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Sowerby bridge railway station, sowerby bridge, west yorkshire 01422. The original station was close to the existing tunnel mouth alongside the present tesco car park. August 12 sowerby bridge, united kingdom sowerby bridge locals waiting for the 8. The keighley bus company service b3 provides a service linking oxenhope with hebden bridge railway station until early evening.
For a time halifax travellers by the new railway system had to make their way to sowerby bridge to catch the train, and rail freight, similarly, had to be conveyed there. Sowerby bridge railway station opened in 1840 on part of the line between. View live departures, latest timetable or book your train ticket to or from sowerby bridge station directly at northern. What companies run services between sowerby bridge station, england and london, england. Various large churches, an ornate tudorgothic railway station and a mechanics institute were built, the institute staging an exhibition of arts and sciences in 1839 which attracted 29,000 visitors. The entrance to the original 1855 train station was via a carriage drive down to platform level through an entrance to the right of. Sowerby bridge photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The parish of sowerby bridge, formed in 1869 from the parish of halifax, was made up of portions of 4 historic townships, skircoat, warley, sowerby and norland, dating back to medieval times. The jubilee refreshment rooms are situated at sowerby bridge station and are run by railway enthusiast brothers chris and andrew wright, who negotiated for many years to get the former ticket office and erstwhile workplace of branwell bronte back into use.
Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of sowerby bridge. Other places near sowerby bridge railway station, calderdale hx6 3af. Various movements of trains around sowerby bridge railway station. In line with government advice, you should only be travelling if you are a key worker or it is essential for you to do so. Railways around rastrick is a history of the railway in the. Wellness centre based in sowerby bridge is designed to put the client 1st, a warm,welcoming environment with a. Sowerby bridge triangle west yorkshire, england alltrails. Hebden bridge railway station is situated in hebden bridge. The jubilee refreshment rooms, sowerby bridge the pub.
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