Crigglestone West railway station served the village of

Crigglestone, West Yorkshire Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" (along with neighbouring "Orberie") in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census ...

, England from 1850 to 1965 on the

Hallam Line The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line. Services on this line are operated by Nort ...

History

The station opened as Crigglestone on 1 January 1850 by the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company before the Railways Act 1921, 1923 Grouping. It was Incorporation (business)#Incorporation in the United Kingdom, incorpo ...

. The station's name changed to Crigglestone West on 2 June 1924 but was changed back to Crigglestone on 12 June 1961.M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 133 The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 September 1965.

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Disused railway stations in Wakefield Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 1850 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England Beeching closures in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub