The Irlams o' th' Height railway station was opened by a railway company incorporated in what year?
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in Northern England (after the Midland and North Eastern Railways).
Helmshore railway station Helmshore station was built by the East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859 (ELR) and opened on 17 August 1848. The ELR was merged with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR) on 13 May 1859 and this company operated the station until the merger into the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMSR) in 1923.