High Royds railway station

High Royds, a small mining community near Barnsley in South Yorkshire is not to be confused with High Royds, near Menston in West Yorkshire, served by the Wharfedale Line and the site of a former mental health institution.

High Royds
Location
Place	Hoyland
Area	Barnsley
Coordinates	53°30′38″N 1°27′49″W / 53.510493°N 1.463680°W / 53.510493; -1.463680Coordinates: 53°30′38″N 1°27′49″W / 53.510493°N 1.463680°W / 53.510493; -1.463680
Grid reference	SE356016
Operations
Original company	South Yorkshire Railway
History
04 September 1854	opened
1856	closed
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High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between Birdwell & Hoyland Common and Dovecliffe. The station opened on 4 September 1854 and closed just two years later, one of the most short-lived stations in the county.

Route

References

• "The South Yorkshire Railway", D.L.Franks, Turntable Enterprises, 1971. ISBN 0-902844-04-0