Brighouse railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Brighouse | ||
| Local authority | Calderdale | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 64,419 | ||
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| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||
| Zone | 4 | ||
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| Key dates | Opened 2000 | ||
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Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England.
The station lies on the Caldervale Line running west from Leeds. The station reopened in 2000 and forms part of the West Yorkshire MetroTrain network served by local Northern Rail trains.
[edit] History
Brighouse railway station was first opened in October 1840, as a main line station operated by the Manchester and Leeds Railway. In 1847 it came under the operation of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway as the M&L was incorporated into this company. The station remained under L&Y operation until it itself was incorporated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, throughout which period the station's importance gradually declined as other lines connecting Manchester and Leeds were built via Halifax and Huddersfield bypassing Brighouse. Brighouse station was eventually closed by British Rail in January 1970, remaining closed until 2000.
[edit] Services
Services in each direction are, usually, hourly, with one train every hour running to Bradford, Leeds and Selby and one train every hour to Huddersfield and Wakefield Westgate. In addition, a small number of services call at Brighouse as part of a Leeds-Dewsbury-Brighouse-Sowerby Bridge-Hebden Bridge route.
The station has two platforms.
- Platform 1: served by services towards Huddersfield, Leeds (via Dewsbury) and Wakefield Westgate.
- Platform 2: served by services towards Hebden Bridge, Leeds (via Halifax) and Selby.
In 2005, Grand Central Railway applied to the Office of Rail Regulation to run direct services from Bradford and Brighouse to London. However, the application was rejected.
Grand Central is planning to resubmit proposals in 2007, and through an associate company Grand Union is also developing propsals for a Bradford-Brighouse-Doncaster hourly semi fast service and for Huddersfield-London Euston high speed services, some of which would start from Bradford serving Halifax and Brighouse.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Brighouse railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Brighouse railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Huddersfield | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Halifax or Sowerby Bridge |
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| Terminus | Northern Rail Huddersfield Line |
Mirfield | ||
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