Elland railway station served the town of Elland in West Yorkshire, England until 1962.^[1]

The station was originally opened on 5 October 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway.^[2][3] It was resited 607 ft (185 m) east on 1 August 1865,^[2][3] by which time the line had become part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway which had taken over the Manchester and Leeds on 9 July 1847.^[4] Upon the grouping in 1923, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.^[5]

Elland station closed to passengers on 10 September 1962.^[2][3] Goods facilities were withdrawn on 28 June 1962.^[6]

Plans to reopen the station in 2000 (at the same time as Brighouse railway station) were cancelled due to lack of funds.^[7]

In 2006, Clayton Homes offered to build a station in return for planning permission for residential development.^[8] This did not materialise but Calderdale Council continued consulting on possible plans.^[8]

Reopening of the station is supported by the Halifax & District Rail Action Group and local campaign group "Give Elland a Rail Station".^[7] The New Stations Study undertaken for West Yorkshire Metro in 2014 found that Elland provided the strongest business case of a potential thirteen sites on the Calder Valley line, and was recommended for further study along with stations at Haxby, East Leeds/Thorpe Park, and Cross Hills, with a projected cost of reopening of £6 million.^[9]

In June 2017, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority allocated £20 million towards re-opening the station, with an estimated opening date of 2022.^[10] In November 2017, the government announced Elland was one of four new stations proposed in the Government's ‘Connecting People: Strategic Vision for Rail’.^[11] In 2021, a planning application was submitted for two platforms, lifts, and a 116 space car park.^[12]

In March 2023, the planning application for the new station was approved and construction is expected to begin in 2024 for a potential opening date of December 2025.^[13]