Honley railway station

Honley National Rail
Location
Place Honley
Local authority Kirklees
Coordinates 53°36′30″N 1°46′51″W / 53.6082°N 1.7809°WCoordinates: 53°36′30″N 1°46′51″W / 53.6082°N 1.7809°W
Grid reference SE145124
Operations
Station code HOY
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  26,959
2005/06 Increase 33,995
2006/07 Increase 34,698
2007/08 Increase 37,739
2008/09 Increase 52,344
2009/10 Increase 56,646
2010/11 Increase 61,008
2011/12 Decrease 57,628
2012/13 Decrease 50,506
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1 July 1850[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Honley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Honley railway station serves the village of Honley in the Holme Valley of West Yorkshire, England. Honley station lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Rail.

The station was opened by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a constituent company of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway) in 1850.
The railway line through Honley has been single since 1989, with only one platform (the former northbound one) in use for both directions (the derelict southbound one is however still visible, as can be seen in the accompanying photograph).

In August 2013, plans were released to install electronic customer real-time information screens (CIS) at the station. It was later revealed by Metro that they will be installed in May/June 2014. [3]

Services

There is an hourly service in operation Monday to Saturday from Honley to Huddersfield and Sheffield, with a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

Gallery


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References

  1. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.
  2. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.
  3. ↑ http://www.wymetro.com/news/projects/projectdetails/passengerinformationenchancements/