Halifax railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Halifax | ||
| Local authority | Calderdale | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.940 million | ||
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| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||
| Zone | 4 | ||
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| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Halifax (source) | |||
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Halifax railway station serves the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 17 miles (27 km) west from Leeds.
The station at Halifax is an example of an island platform, Platform 2 headed eastbound, towards Bradford Interchange and Platform 1 headed westbound when 180 metres (200 yards) west of the station, a line splits off towards Brighouse and Huddersfield to the south.
To the east the line also split with the current line passing into Beacon Hill tunnel and a disused line going to Ovenden and then to the Halifax High level line which had stations in Pellon and at St Paul's, Queens Road.
The Eureka! Children's Museum is housed in former rail station platform and buildings.
[edit] Services
Eastbound: Monday to Saturdays there is a train every 15 minutes heading to Bradford Interchange and Leeds with two trains per hour going beyond Leeds to York and Selby respectively. Evenings and Sundays it is half-hourly to Leeds and hourly to York.
Westbound: Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria (hourly evenings), one train an hour to Blackpool North and one per hour to Wakefield Westgate via Huddersfield and Brighouse. Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and one train each hour goes either to Blackpool North or Huddersfield.
[edit] Facilities
There is no platform cafe, and only a spartan covered area which includes a kiosk and a ticket booth. There are unfortunately, no toilet, washroom, or baby-changing facilities provided at this station.
There is now a campaign run by the local newspaper, The Evening Courier, to get the station updated [1] which has been given so much support that officials from National Rail have decided to do something about the dilapidated station [2]. What this work will be has not been decided yet and so therefore a timeframe has yet to be announced.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Halifax railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Halifax railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Sowerby Bridge | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Bradford Interchange | ||
| Brighouse | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
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