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Routes Map - Railway Network Huddersfield Dewsbury Batley 1840-1910

1840	Calder Valley Main Line (Manchester to Normanton)	L & Y*
1847	Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge	L.N.W*
1847	Cleckheaton Branch Mirfield to Low Moor	L & Y
1848	Thornhill Junction to Leeds	L.N.W
1849	Huddersfield to Stalybridge	L.N.W
1850	Huddersfield to Sheffield Junction (penistone line)	L & Y
1850	Holmfirth Branch	L & Y
1852	Bradley Curve	L.N.W
1852	Birstall Branch	L.N.W
1860	Wrenthorpe (Wakefield) to Batley	G N R
1860	Adwalton Junction to Batley	G N R
1867	Dewsbury to Market Place Branch	L & Y
1867	Kirkburton Branch	L.N.W
1869	Thornhill to Heckmondwike Central (Ravensthorpe branch)	L & Y
1869	Meltham Branch	L & Y
1874	Osset to Dewsbury Central	G N R
1879	Clayton West Branch	L & Y
1880	Dewsbury to Batley	G N R
1881	Pickle Bridge Junction (Wyke) to Anchor pit Junction	L & Y
1897	Headfield Junction to Dewsbury Junction	G N R
1900	Heaton Lodge to Farnley Junction (Leeds New Line)	L.N.W
1909	Royston to Thornhill Junction (Savile Town)	Midland
1910	Mirfield to Newtown Goods Yard (Huddersfield)	Midland

London North Western   ▬▬▬
Lancashire & Yorkshire   ▬▬▬
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Great Northern             ▬▬▬

Note*
The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line) Became The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1847.
1847 Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge (Battyeford) opened by the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway & Canal Company, later Became part of the
London & North Western Railway.

Merging
1922 Lancashire & Yorkshire Merged With London & North West
1923 London Midland & Scottish Railway - London & North Eastern Railway - Great Western Railway - Southern Railway
1948 The four companies nationalised to form British Rail