Sowerby Bridge railway station

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Sowerby Bridge
Location
Place	Sowerby Bridge
Local authority	Calderdale
Operations
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	0.160 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1840 Rebuilt 1981
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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sowerby Bridge (source)   * 2002/03 Disclaimer  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer
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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

• Milner Royd Junction

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Mytholmroyd		Northern Rail Caldervale Line		Halifax
		Northern Rail Caldervale Line		Brighouse

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