Brockholes railway station
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Brockholes | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Brockholes | ||
Local authority | Kirklees | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | BHS | ||
Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
Platforms in use | 1 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 31,896 | ||
2005/06 * | 32,943 | ||
Passenger Transport Executive | |||
PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||
Zone | 5 | ||
History | |||
Key dates | Opened 1 July 1850[1] | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brockholes from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Brockholes railway station serves the village of Brockholes, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It lies 4¼ miles (7 km) away from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Rail.
Trains passing between Brockholes and Shepley pass through a 1 mile tunnel under Thurstonland.
[edit] Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate every hour in each direction, to Huddersfield and Sheffield. Trains operate every two hours on Sundays.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Stocksmoor | Northern Rail Penistone Line |
Honley | ||
Disused Railways | ||||
Thongs Bridge | L&YR [[]] |
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[edit] References
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.
[edit] Image gallery
A train entering Thurstonland rail tunnel in the 1970s, when two tracks existed |