Huddersfield railway station
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| Huddersfield | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Huddersfield |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | First TransPennine Express |
| Platforms in use | 6 |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 2.214 million ** |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1850 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Huddersfield. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
The station is managed by First TransPennine Express who provide trains between the North East, North and East Yorkshire, and Leeds to the east and Manchester Piccadilly and North West.
It is also served by local Northern Rail trains on the Huddersfield Line, between Leeds/Wakefield Westgate and Manchester Victoria.
Additionally the Penistone Line to Sheffield and more recently the Caldervale Line for trains towards Halifax and Bradford Interchange.
[edit] The Station Building
The station is well known in architectural circles for its classical style facade with Corinthian order columns which dominate St George's Square, where it is located, facing out towards Lion Buildings. The poet John Betjeman described the imposing station frontage as the most splendid in England.
Within the station frontage, to each side of the main entrance, there are two public houses, The Head Of Steam and The Station Tavern, both facilities are accessible from platform 1.
On entering the Building there is the booking office to the left and to the right there are the train timetables, a newsagents that sells chilled drinks and sandwiches and the subway to platforms 4-8.
The public conveniences are located through this subway at the top of the steps to platforms 4-8.
[edit] Train services
There are six platforms.
- Platform 1 - for express services towards Manchester
- Platform 2 - terminus platform for Penistone Line services to Sheffield.
- Platform 4 - for stopping trains towards Leeds and Manchester.
- Platform 5 and 6 - terminus platforms for local trains to/from Leeds (via the Caldervale Line) and Wakefield.
- Platform 8 - for express services to Leeds and beyond.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Huddersfield railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Huddersfield railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Stalybridge | First TransPennine Express North TransPennine |
Dewsbury | ||
| Slaithwaite | Northern Rail Huddersfield Line |
Deighton | ||
| Lockwood | Northern Rail Penistone Line |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Brighouse | ||
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