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| The line was authorised by an Act of Parliament in July 1863, with the LNWR only pressing ahead with building the branch because the Midland Railway were considering building a line from Barnsley to Huddersfield, connecting through Clayton West and Kirkburton.{{sfn|Bairstow|1984|p=53}}{{sfn|Joy|1984|p=148}}{{sfn|Fisher|1997|p=17}} This proposal worried the [[Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway]] (L&YR), and prompted them to build the line to Clayton West, offering the Midland Railway running powers over their lines connecting Huddersfield to the south.{{sfn|Suggitt|2015|p=90}} As the through-line proposals fell through, the Kirkburton line remained as a branch only, the only LNWR branch line in the Huddersfield area, where the L&YR operated most branches.{{sfn|Suggitt|2015|p=93}} A year after the bill went through Parliament, a pub in Kirkburton was renamed the ''Railway Junction Inn''. The are was known as the ''Junction'' before this time, but it was still hoped that Kirkburton would become a through station as opposed to a terminus. | The line was authorised by an Act of Parliament in July 1863, with the LNWR only pressing ahead with building the branch because the Midland Railway were considering building a line from Barnsley to Huddersfield, connecting through Clayton West and Kirkburton.{{sfn|Bairstow|1984|p=53}}{{sfn|Joy|1984|p=148}}{{sfn|Fisher|1997|p=17}} This proposal worried the [[Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway]] (L&YR), and prompted them to build the line to Clayton West, offering the Midland Railway running powers over their lines connecting Huddersfield to the south.{{sfn|Suggitt|2015|p=90}} As the through-line proposals fell through, the Kirkburton line remained as a branch only, the only LNWR branch line in the Huddersfield area, where the L&YR operated most branches.{{sfn|Suggitt|2015|p=93}} A year after the bill went through Parliament, a pub in Kirkburton was renamed the ''Railway Junction Inn''. The are was known as the ''Junction'' before this time, but it was still hoped that Kirkburton would become a through station as opposed to a terminus.{{sfn|Fisher|1997|pp=17-18}} |
| The formation of the line was built wide enough to accommodate two tracks, however, apart form the double track section at Deighton which connected to the main line, only one track was ever laid.{{sfn|Bairstow|1984|p=53}} The major engineering structure on the line was Whitacre Mill Viaduct at Deighton, which ran on a curve across the Huddersfield Broad canal, a drain and the River Colne for {{convert|177|yard}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitacre Mill Viaduct |url=http://www.forgottenrelics.org/bridges/whitacre-mill-viaduct/ |website=forgottenrelics.org |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> The {{convert|4.25|mi}} branch was opened to traffic in 1867,{{sfn|Joy|1984|p=142}} and ascended the valley at an average gradient of 1-in-66.{{sfn|Anderson|2000|p=6}} With the additional section from Kirkburton into Huddersfield, the total train journey length was just over {{convert|6|mi}}.{{sfn|Fisher|1997|p=4}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Thomas |editor1-first=Davis St John |title=Bradshaw's April 1910 railway guide; a new edition of the April 1910 issue of Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland |date=1968 |orig-date=1910|publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4246-0 |page=519}}</ref> | The formation of the line was built wide enough to accommodate two tracks, however, apart form the double track section at Deighton which connected to the main line, only one track was ever laid.{{sfn|Bairstow|1984|p=53}} The major engineering structure on the line was Whitacre Mill Viaduct at Deighton, which ran on a curve across the Huddersfield Broad canal, a drain and the River Colne for {{convert|177|yard}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitacre Mill Viaduct |url=http://www.forgottenrelics.org/bridges/whitacre-mill-viaduct/ |website=forgottenrelics.org |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> The {{convert|4.25|mi}} branch was opened to traffic in 1867,{{sfn|Joy|1984|p=142}} and ascended the valley at an average gradient of 1-in-66.{{sfn|Anderson|2000|p=6}} With the additional section from Kirkburton into Huddersfield, the total train journey length was just over {{convert|6|mi}}.{{sfn|Fisher|1997|p=4}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Thomas |editor1-first=Davis St John |title=Bradshaw's April 1910 railway guide; a new edition of the April 1910 issue of Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland |date=1968 |orig-date=1910|publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4246-0 |page=519}}</ref> |
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