Brockholes railway station
Brockholes  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Brockholes |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
| Coordinates | 53°35′49″N 1°46′11″W / 53.5970°N 1.7698°WCoordinates: 53°35′49″N 1°46′11″W / 53.5970°N 1.7698°W |
| Grid reference | SE153111 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BHS |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 31,896 |
| 2005/06 |
 32,943 |
| 2006/07 |
34,493 |
| 2007/08 |
37,414 |
| 2008/09 |
51,028 |
| 2009/10 |
 49,622 |
| 2010/11 |
54,018 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Opened 1 July 1850[1] | |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brockholes from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Brockholes railway station serves the village of Brockholes, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It lies 4.25 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 (1.6 km) tunnel under Thurstonland.
Opened in July 1850 by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a satellite company of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway), the station was formerly the junction for the Holmfirth Branch Line, which opened on the same day as the main line but closed to passenger trains on 2 November 1959 and to goods traffic in May 1965. Only the former northbound platform is now used, the other (on which the now privately owned main buildings still stand) having gone out of use when the Stocksmoor to Huddersfield section was singled in 1989.
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate every hour in each direction, to Huddersfield and Sheffield. Trains operate every two hours each way on Sundays.
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| Terminus | L&YR | Thongsbridge
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References
Image gallery
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The station in 1961
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The station in 2005
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A train entering Thurstonland rail tunnel in the 1970s, when two tracks existed
External links
Media related to Brockholes railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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