Huddersfield railway station
Grade I listed railway station in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
General information | |||||
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Location | Huddersfield, Kirklees England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.648°N 1.785°W / 53.648; -1.785 | ||||
Grid reference | SE143168 | ||||
Managed by | TransPennine Express | ||||
Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
Platforms | 8 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HUD | ||||
Fare zone | 5 | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway/Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway joint | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
3 August 1847 | Station opened[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 4.898 million | ||||
2019/20 | 4.769 million | ||||
2020/21 | 1.026 million | ||||
2021/22 | 3.042 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.378 million | ||||
2022/23 | 3.021 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.456 million | ||||
Listed Building – Grade I | |||||
Feature | Railway Station | ||||
Designated | 3 March 1952 | ||||
Reference no. | 1277385[2] | ||||
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The station is managed by TransPennine Express, which provides trains between Manchester and Liverpool in the North West and Newcastle and Middlesbrough in the North East and also to York, Scarborough and Hull via Leeds. It is also served by local Northern trains on the Huddersfield, Penistone and Caldervale lines, which between them provide service to Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Manchester Victoria, Sheffield, Brighouse, Halifax and Bradford Interchange.
Huddersfield station is the second busiest station in West Yorkshire, with Leeds being the first, and is the fifth busiest station in Yorkshire & the Humber as a whole.