Stocksmoor railway station

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Stocksmoor
Location
Place	Stocksmoor
Local authority	Kirklees
Operations
Station code	SSM
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	19,348
2005/06 *	21,528
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1850[1]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stocksmoor from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Stocksmoor railway station serves the village of Stocksmoor near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

The station is 6¼ miles (11 km) from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Rail.

Most of the Penistone Line is single track between Huddersfield and Barnsley. However, Stocksmoor marks the first point (for Sheffield-bound trains) or last point (for Huddersfield-bound trains) where there is dual running track.

[edit] Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate hourly from Stocksmoor in each direction, towards Huddersfield and Sheffield. On Sundays, trains operate every two hours.

Railways in South Kirklees

Legend To Heckmondwike To Dewsbury and Wakefield To Calderdale Cooper Bridge (Closed) Bradley Deighton Huddersfield Kirkheaton (Dismantled) Fenay Bridge & Lepton (Dismantled) Longwood & Milnsbridge (Closed) Lockwood Golcar (Closed) Kirkburton (Dismantled) Netherton (Dismantled) Berry Brow Slaithwaite Healey House (Dismantled) Meltham (Dismantled) Honley Marsden Brockholes To Saddleworth Thongsbridge (Dismantled) Stocksmoor Holmfirth (Dismantled) Shepley To Barnsley Shelley Skelmanthorpe Cuckoos Nest (Private Line) Clayton West

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shepley		Northern Rail Penistone Line		Brockholes

[edit] References

1. ^ Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2. 

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Stocksmoor railway station from National Rail

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