Sowerby Bridge railway station
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| Sowerby Bridge | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Sowerby Bridge |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Annual entry/exit 02/03 | 0.112 million * |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1840 Rebuilt 1981 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2002/03 financial year which end or originate at Sowerby Bridge. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Sowerby Bridge railway station serves the town of Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 7km (4.5 miles) west of Halifax and 33km (21 miles) west of Leeds.
The original station was opened on the 5 October 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. It was severely damaged by fire in October 1978 and demolished by British Rail in 1980. The current station, which is not on the original site, was built in 1981.
At Milner Royd Junction, approximately a quarter of a mile to the east the lines to Halifax and Brighouse diverge.
[edit] Services
There is a half hourly service Monday to Saturday daytime to Leeds via Halifax and Bradford Interchange in one direction and to Manchester Victoria in the other.
Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service each way.
Two journeys a day Monday to Saturday to Leeds operates via Brighouse and Dewsbury.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Sowerby Bridge railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Sowerby Bridge railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Mytholmroyd | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Halifax | ||
| Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Brighouse | |||
| Railway stations in West Yorkshire | |
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Baildon - Batley - Ben Rhydding - Berry Brow - Bingley - Bradford Forster Square - Bradford Interchange - Bramley - Brockholes - Brighouse - Burley Park - Burley-in-Wharfedale - Castleford - Cottingley - Crossflatts - Cross Gates - Darton - Deighton - Denby Dale - Dewsbury - East Garforth - Featherstone - Fitzwilliam - Frizinghall - Garforth - Glasshoughton - Guiseley - Halifax - Headingley - Hebden Bridge - Honley - Horsforth - Huddersfield - Ilkley - Keighley - Knottingley - Leeds - Lockwood - Marsden - Menston - Micklefield - Mirfield - Moorthorpe - Morley - Mytholmroyd - New Pudsey - Normanton - Outwood - Pontefract Baghill - Pontefract Monkhill - Pontefract Tanshelf - Ravensthorpe - Saltaire - Sandal and Agbrigg - Shepley - Shipley - Slaithwaite - South Elmsall - Sowerby Bridge - Steeton and Silsden - Stocksmoor - Streethouse - Todmorden - Wakefield Kirkgate - Wakefield Westgate - Walsden - Woodlesford |
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