Railways

The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.

Information about railways in West Yorkshire can be found on the Lost Railways of West Yorkshire website. This website includes plans of the railway networks indentifying the companies which operated each line and station.

Guidance for identifying records can be found on the National Archives website in the subject guides Looking for Records of a Railway Company and Looking for Records of a Railway Worker.

Records held by WYAS

Description	Dates	Catalogue Reference
Batley, records re incorporation of Batley Borough including evidence re sewerage, railways and other local matters	1861-1869	KA97
Batley, Great Northern Railway station, records 1893-1940 including record of goods conveyed on passenger trains 1894-1897	1893-1940	KC144
Dewsbury, byelaws re locomotives 1901 and re light railways 1904	1901 & 1904	KA184/1 & 3
Huddersfield, map of projected railways in Huddersfield area including proposed West Riding Union Railway to Halifax and Bradford	c.1846	KC675
Huddersfield and district, plans and sections re railways for Parliamentary sessions	1866-1882	KA107
Huddersfield station, plans and elevations	1884-1951	KX272
Huddersfield, Town Clerk's file re railway junction at Red Doles	1915-1924	KA86
Huddersfield, plan of London and North Western Railway from Red Doles to Heaton Lodge Junction and to Bradley Hall	n.d.	KC351
Liversedge, Spen Goods depot, records	1892-1900	KC94
Rastrick, plan of proposed widening of Todmorden to Brighouse railway	1900	DD/T/pl/11
West Yorkshire, map of railway lines 1834-1983, surveyed by "Missing Link" 1983 and copied by E Bates	1983	MC6
Denby Grange Colliery, memorandum of construction of railway line from colliery to Wakefield- Barnsley railway and to Calder and Hebble Navigation, with estimates and measurements	1853-1854	KX258
Huddersfield and District Signalmens Testimonial Fund, records including minutes	1938-1971	ZKC812
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Co, ninth call on shares, certificate	1848	KC783
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, plan and section of part of line, probably in Mirfield area	1890	KC352
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co, holiday contract ticket issued to M Whitaker for travel in Lancashire and Westmorland	1934	KC437
London and North Western Railway, plan and section of line at Heaton Lodge Road near Huddersfield	1891	KC352
John Crossley Armstrong, certificate that he worked as a clerk at Lockwood station during the General Strike	1926	KC198
W B Stocks, railway enthusiast, Huddersfield, records 1860-1982 including diaries 1943-1946, diary re Heatherfield Light Railway (built in his garden) 1977-1978, newspaper cutting books re railways 1860-1875, 1930-1982, reports re accidents 1952-1953, guides and souvenirs 1925-1979, photographs 1955-1978	20th century	KC435
Whitley Beaumont estate, plans re line of Manchester and Leeds Railway over estate land in Calder Valley	1843-1845	DD/WBE/pl/7
Whitley Beaumont estate, plans drawn 1909 of property at Lockwood conveyed to Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1849	1909	ZDD/WBE/pl/20
Whitley Beaumont estate, map showing property at Colne Bridge and Upper Heaton sold to London and North Western Railway and Huddersfield Corporation	n.d.	DD/WBE/pl/16