Bury–Holcombe Brook line

Initially the line had stations at Woolfold, Greenmount, Tottington and Holcombe Brook with additional halts opening at Woodhill Road, Brandlesholme Road, Sunnywood and Knowles Crossing in 1905.

In 1912 Dick, Kerr & Co.‘s Preston factory were considering tendering for a Brazilian contract and approached the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to use the branch for test purposes at Dick, Kerr's expense.

The line from Bury Bolton Street Station to Holcombe Brook was electrified with the overhead 3.5 kV dc system, rolling stock was also supplied at their cost.

During 1917 work started on the branch to convert to third rail to match the Manchester to Bury system.

Sustrans built a new 65 metres (213 ft) long bridge over the Kirklees Valley to replace the demolished Woolfold viaduct.

This viaduct, which spans the river Irwell, was part of the Bury–Holcombe Brook branch line built in 1882. The railway line closed in 1963 but the old track bed is still in use today as the Kirklees Trail cycle way and footpath.
The start of the Kirklees Trail at Greenmount in 2007