High Royds railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}

:High Royds, a small mining community near Barnsley in South Yorkshire is not to be confused with High Royds, near Menston in West Yorkshire, served by the Wharfedale Line and the site of a former mental health institution.

{{Infobox station

| name = High Royds

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Shortwood, Barnsley

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.510493|-1.463680|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SE356016|25|SE356016}}

| original = South Yorkshire Railway

| years = 4 September 1854

| events = opened

| years1 = 1856

| events1 = closed

}}

High Royds railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between {{Stnlnk|Birdwell & Hoyland Common}} and {{Stnlnk|Dovecliffe}}. The station opened on 4 September 1854 and closed just two years later, one of the most short-lived stations in the county. The station was situated at the small settlement of Shortwood, between Birdwell and Upper Hoyland