![\"FOSLS](\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/FOSLS-logo.png\"){kind=logo}
<\/a><\/p>\nThe re-opening of a railway station which put a village back on the map was celebrated on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Villagers turned out for a celebration of the reopening of Slaithwaite Station in December 1982, organised by Friends of Slaithwaite Station (FOSLS).<\/p>\n
The event featured an exhibition on the platform of photos and memorabilia of the station, which opened in 1849 but was closed and demolished in 1968.<\/p>\n
The celebration included live music from folk musicians Gamut, Steve Harrison and Annie Dearman and the cutting of a celebratory cake by Helen Freeman, who is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Bray Freeman, the station master at Slaithwaite until 1901.<\/p>\n
Guests-of-honour also included Colne Valley MP Jason McCartney.<\/p>\n Victoria Minton, of FOSLS, said:<\/p>\n “We had a really good turnout throughout the day and especially the cake cutting moment.<\/p>\n “There was a lot of interest in the exhibition and the station\u2019s importance to the village, jobs, leisure and culture.<\/p>\n “The station has increased the diversity of people coming to Slaithwaite and people are attracted by the excellent train line.<\/p>\n “We\u2019re well served with great access to Manchester and Leeds.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The station first opened on August 1 1849, to coincide with the opening of the first tunnel at Standedge, which took three years to build and cost \u00a3201,608.<\/p>\n In 1848 the station had two platforms and modest goods facilities but by 1900 it had grown to four platforms, a large goods shed, stables for the delivery horses, a signal box and coal drops to feed coal to the mill boiler houses in Slaithwaite.<\/p>\n The goods yard closed on October 5, 1964 and the station itself followed suit on October 7, 1968.<\/p>\n The entire station including the goods yard was demolished; the rails were taken away for scrap and the mainline was reduced from four tracks to two.<\/p>\n But 30 years ago, on December 13 1982, after extensive local lobbying and campaigning by some determined local residents, the station was re-opened \u2013 on the same site \u2013 but with new platforms and waiting shelters. [from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 17th December 2012] The re-opening of a railway station which put a village back on the map was celebrated on Saturday. Villagers turned out for a celebration of the reopening of Slaithwaite Station in December … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\nRead more: Examiner http:\/\/www.examiner.co.uk\/news\/local-west-yorkshire-news\/2012\/12\/17\/slaithwaite-railway-station-celebrates-the-30th-anniversary-of-its-reopening-86081-32439877\/#ixzz2FK6aIsE2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"