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| Locale | City of Bradford |
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| Terminus | Oxenhope |
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| Connections | Network Rail at Keighley |
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| Name | Worth Valley Branch |
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| Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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| Owned by | Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society |
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| Stations | 6 |
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| Length | 5 miles (8 km) |
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| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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| Opened | 13 April 1867 |
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| 1881 | Midland Railway takes over ownership of line |
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| 1883 | Keighley Station opened in current location |
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| 1884 | Great Northern Railway extended into Keighley via part of the Worth Valley Branch |
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| 1892 | Mytholmes Tunnel built |
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| 1923 | LMS takes over ownership / operation of line |
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| 1948 | BR takes over ownership / operation of line |
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| 1960 | Diesel Railcars introduced |
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| Closed to passengers | 30 December 1961 |
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| Closed | June 1962 |
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| 1962 | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society formed |
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| 1968 | Worth Valley Branch reopened |
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| 1971 | Damems loop built |
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
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to Skipton, Carlisle and the North |
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Original Keighley Station |
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Keighley | |
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| to Leeds, Bradford Forster Square | | and the South |
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to Keighley Goods Yard |
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| to Queensbury, Bradford Exchange | | and Halifax |
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Ingrow (West) |
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Ingrow Tunnel (150 yards) |
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Damems |
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Damens Loop |
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Oakworth |
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Mytholmes Tunnel (75 yards) |
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Haworth |
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to Haworth Yard |
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Haworth Loop |
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Oxenhope |
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The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) is a 5-mile-long (8 km) heritage railway in the Worth Valley, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the National Rail network at Keighley railway station.
