Station Name: HOLMFIRTH[Source: Alan Young
Holmfirth Station Gallery 3: 6 September 1964 - 1981/3  On 6 September 1964 the ambitious RCTS ‘West Riding Rail Tour’ itinerary included a visit to Holmfirth by the 5-car DMU. In this south-westward view passengers have alighted to inspect the station. The office and waiting room range and verandah, both constructed in the 1890s, dominate the photograph. In the foreground is the modern post (c1955) of a former gas lamp, while a typical LMS-style post with its ‘Sugg’ top is just this side of the building. Weeds are now growing in the gaps between the flagstones on the platform that has been disused for nearly five years.
Photo from Jim Lake collection  On 6 September 1964 the ambitious RCTS ‘West Riding Rail Tour’ which left Bradrord Exchange at 10.25am had an itinerary that included a visit to Holmfirth by a 5-car DMU. The two cars in the foreground are a Metro Cammell unit, and a BRCW set was at the far end. The view is looking south towards the end of the branch. After a long day the tour returned to Bradford Foster Square at 8.32pm. The station has been closed since 1959 and goods services would continue until May 1965.
Photo from Jim Lake collection  By the late 1970s the platform of Holmfirth station has been claimed by vegetation; this is about a decade after trains last ran and the rails were removed. The large verandah and the station building rise above the trees and bushes.
Photo by Norman Daley  Looking south-west under the glazed verandah at the disused Holmfirth station. Detail of the stonework of the 1890s buildings and of wheel motifs in the brackets of the verandah can be enjoyed. The ‘Oriental Blue’ paint was applied by BR(NE) during its management of the line which began in 1950.
Photo by Norman Daley  Looking south at Holmfirth station in August 1982. The verandah and office range remain substantially intact. The station building is in residential use and has acquired a two-storey extension onto the platform, but although the stonework blends with the handsome Tudor structure to which it is attached, the flat roof of the extension is, visually, an unfortunate choice. The station building at Brockholes, junction for Holmfirth, suffered a similar architectural faux-pas at this time.
Photo by Alan Young  The disused single-road goods warehouse at Holmfirth station, looking north-west in 1981/83. The modest, but neat structure is built of rock-faced sandstone and has segmental-arched window openings.
Photo by Alf Mullins  The interior of the disused goods warehouse at Holmfirth station, looking south in 1981/83. The loading dock is on the right.
Photo by Alf Mullins  The disused coal drops at the northern end of the former sidings site at Holmfirth station, looking north-east in 1981/83.
Photo by Alf Mullins  Looking north-east along the single platform of the disused Holmfirth station in 1981/83. The verandah and the building to the right were constructed in the 1890s, and the detail of the columns and brackets can be enjoyed in this photograph. In the distance a fence has been built across the track. This part of the station was on the market at this time. The south end of the station had already been sold and the house extended.
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by Alf Mullins
 Looking south-west along the single platform of Holmfirth station in 1981/83 about 15 years after its complete closure. The view is from a point adjacent to the site of the old woollen transhipment shed, and ahead are the stone building and verandah added to the station in the 1890s. Beyond, the modern extension to the station house can be seen jutting out onto the platform.
Photo by Alf Mullins Click here for Holmfirth Station Gallery 4:
Spring 1984 - February 2016
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