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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261024T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261024T170000
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URL:https://rchs.org.uk/events/walk-the-midland-railway-1910-branch-from-h
 uddersfield-to-mirfield-west-yorkshire/
SUMMARY:Walk: The Midland Railway 1910 Branch from Huddersfield to Mirfield
  (West Yorkshire)
DESCRIPTION:A walk of 6.2 miles by invitation of the Railway Ramblers’ Cl
 ub. Meet at Huddersfield station entrance at 10:30 – the timetable from 
 all directions needs checking nearer the time\, due to disruption caused b
 y the trans-Pennine upgrade. OS maps: Landranger 110\, Explorer 288.\n\nHe
 ading northwards along St. John’s Road adjacent to the MR’s route into
  Huddersfield Newtown\, we pick up the trackbed at the site of Red Doles J
 unction created by the LMS in 1923 to link the main trans-Pennine line wit
 h this freight branch\, whose opening left the section from Mirfield to Re
 d Doles hardly used. That section was lifted in 1937\, the final part to N
 ewtown goods yard carrying freight traffic until 1968. After 2 miles we di
 vert onto the towpath of the Huddersfield Broad Canal (aka Sir John Ramsde
 n’s Canal) due to the temporary closure of the trackbed. This is a delig
 htful ½ mile stretch of canal from which we take a short detour to the em
 bankment of the LNW’s Kirkburton branch and the site of its station at D
 eighton\, then we cross the magnificent 15-arch blue brick Bradley Viaduct
 . This planned double-track construction remains as a monument to the MR
 ’s grand ambitions for a big passenger terminus and hotel in Huddersfiel
 d as part of its ill-fated West Riding Lines scheme. At Heaton Lodge Junct
 ion\, where the LNW’s Spen Valley “New Line” branched off towards He
 ckmondwike and Cleckheaton\, we can view the work on the TransPennine Rout
 e Upgrade\, with many express trains hurtling past. The Midland trackbed i
 tself then takes us as far as Lower Hopton where it branched away from the
  Lancashire &amp\; Yorkshire Railway’s Calder Valley main line.\n\nOur w
 alk ends at Mirfield for regular train services in many directions from it
 s new station. Leader Philip Hellawell. Bring a packed lunch\; booking is 
 not required.\n\nNote that this is not an RCHS event and\, as such\, RCHS 
 members attending are not covered by the Society’s insurance policy\, in
 cluding its public liability section.
CATEGORIES:North-East
LOCATION:Huddersfield Railway Station\, St. Georges Square\, Huddersfield\,
  HD1 1JB\, England
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