St. Georges Square
HUDDERSFIELD
West Yorkshire
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Huddersfield Railway Station

Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

The station is managed by 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.

The station building

Designed by James Pigott Pritchett architect in 1847-8 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 Station Tavern, both facilities are accessible from platform 1.

Inside the Head of Steam

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.

Diagram of Huddersfield Railway Station

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).
  • 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.
Huddersfield Railway Station platforms, Photo taken from Platform 2

Services

During Monday to Friday daytimes, TransPennine Express operate hourly services to Newcastle, Hull, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, and Liverpool. There are two trains per hour to Manchester Picadilly and Manchester Airport.

Northern Rail operate hourly services to Sheffield, Manchester Victoria, Wakefield Westgate, Selby and Leeds.

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