Dewsbury railway station

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Dewsbury
Location
Place	Dewsbury
Local authority	Kirklees
Operations
Station code	DEW
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 02/03	0.565 million *
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1848
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Dewsbury railway station serves the town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England.

The station is managed by First TransPennine Express trains and it is the stop between Leeds and Huddersfield.

[edit] History

The station is on the Huddersfield Line operated by Northern Rail. It is 14 km (9 m) away from Leeds. The station was opened in 1848 by the London and North Western Railway and was originally known as Dewsbury Wellington Road. Dewsbury had two other railway stations, both now closed: these were Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Market Place, and the Great Northern Railway's Central. No trace of Market Place station remains, but the facade of Dewsbury Central Station can still be seen, as it was incorporated into a bridge supporting the Dewsbury Ring Road in 1985.

[edit] Services

From Dewsbury there is a half-hourly First TransPennine Express service to Leeds, Huddersfield, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport Monday to Saturday daytimes and an hourly service evenings and Sundays. Trains go onwards from Leeds towards York, Middlesbrough and Newcastle.

There is also an hourly Monday to Saturdays, half-hourly at peak times, (two-hourly Sunday), local service to Leeds and Huddersfield that stops at stops along the Huddersfield Line.