Normanton railway station - +44 (0) 845 000 0125

Normanton railway station serves the town of Normanton in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 11mi south-east of Leeds railway station on the Hallam Line, which is operated by Northern.HistoryThe original station was opened by the North Midland Railway (NMR) on 30 June 1840 (this was one day before nearby Castleford Railway Station which opened on 1 July 1840) on their main line towards Leeds, creating an interchange station between the North Midland Railway (NMR), the York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) and the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) - establishing a three company junction.It became the focus of several railway lines in the mid-19th century. Construction began in 1837 under the supervision of George Stephenson for the North Midland. This was soon followed by an addition from the York and Midland Railway and then by the Manchester and Leeds line which all joined at Normanton thereby giving the town access to much of the country. The NMR, already open between Derby and Rotherham (Masborough), was opened between Rotherham and Leeds (Hunslet Lane) on 1 July 1840, as was the Y&NMR between Normanton (on the NMR) and (the line between Burton Salmon and York already being open). The M&LR route between Normanton and followed, opening on 5 October 1840, and on 1 March 1841, the final section of the M&LR route to Manchester was opened. The Leeds and Manchester lines crossed a 51mi stretch across the Pennines and at the time boasted the world's longest railway station platform at Normanton - a quarter of a mile (400m) long.

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