Huddersfield railway station
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| Huddersfield | |
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| Huddersfield railway station in St. Georges Square | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Huddersfield |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
| Coordinates | 53°38′53″N 1°47′06″W / 53.648°N 1.785°WCoordinates: 53°38′53″N 1°47′06″W / 53.648°N 1.785°W |
| Grid reference | SE143168 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HUD |
| Managed by | First TransPennine Express |
| Platforms in use | 6 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2.214 million |
| 2005/06 * | 2.386 million |
| 2006/07 * | 2.511 million |
| 2007/08 * | 2.672 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Opened 3 August 1847[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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Huddersfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
The station is managed by First TransPennine Express who provide trains between the North East, North and East Yorkshire, and Leeds to the east and Manchester Piccadilly and North West.
It is also served by local Northern Rail trains on the Huddersfield Line, between Leeds/Wakefield Westgate and Manchester Victoria.
Additionally the Penistone Line to Sheffield (where the Midland Main Line is reached for services to Leicester and London) and more recently the Caldervale Line for trains towards Halifax and Bradford Interchange.
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[edit] The station building
Designed by the architect James Pigott Pritchett and built by the firm of Joseph Kaye in 1846–7[2] using the neo-classical style, the station is well known in architectural circles for its classical style facade with a portico of the Corinthian order, consisting of six columns in width and two in depth, which dominate St George's Square, where it is located, facing out towards Lion Buildings. The poet John Betjeman described the imposing station frontage as the most splendid in England.
Within the station frontage, to each side of the main entrance, there are two public houses, The Head Of Steam and The King's Head (previously known as The Station Tavern),[3] both facilities are accessible from platform 1.
On entering the Building there is the booking office to the left and to the right there are the train timetables, a newsagents that sells chilled drinks and sandwiches and the subway to platforms 4–8. The public conveniences are located through this subway at the top of the steps to platforms 4–8.
There are six platforms:
- Platform 1 — for express services to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond.
- Platform 2 — terminus platform for Penistone Line services to/from Sheffield.
- Platform 4 — for stopping trains towards Leeds (4a) and Manchester Victoria (4b). (One evening train from Hull which terminates at Huddersfield also uses platform 4a.)
- Platforms 5 and 6 — terminus platforms for local trains to/from Leeds (via the Caldervale Line) and Wakefield Westgate.
- Platform 8 — for express services to Leeds and beyond.
[edit] Services
During Monday to Friday daytimes, TransPennine Express operate hourly services to Newcastle, Hull, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, and Liverpool. There are four express trains per hour to Leeds City which are supplemented by stopping MetroTrain services. There are four trains per hour to Manchester Picadilly and two trains per hour to Manchester Airport.
Northern Rail operate hourly services to Sheffield, Manchester Victoria, Wakefield Westgate, Selby (via Bradford Interchange) and Leeds City.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| First TransPennine Express | ||||
| Terminus | Northern Rail | |||
| Northern Rail
Manchester Victoria services
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| Terminus | Northern Rail
Leeds and Wakefield services
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| Northern Rail | Terminus | |||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| L&YR | Terminus | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-87194-408-2.
- ^ "Railway Magazine" June 1956
- ^ Huddersfield Examiner (6 March 2008)
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