Huddersfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Huddersfield
code = HUD


manager = First TransPennine Express
locale = Huddersfield
borough = Kirklees
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 5
start = 3 August 1847 [cite book |last = Bairstow|first = Martin|title = The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway| publisher = Martin Bairstow| isbn = 1-871944-08-2| date = 1993]
platforms = 6
usage0405 = 2.214
usage0506 = 2.386
usage0607 = 2.511
latitude = 53.648
longitude = -1.785

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.

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 King's Head" (previously known as "The Station Tavern") [ [http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/03/06/concert-for-alyson-s-cause-86081-20566896/ Huddersfield Examiner (6 March 2008)] ] , 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.

ervices

During Monday to Friday daytimes, TransPennine Express operate hourly services to Newcastle, Hull, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, and Liverpool. 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 and Leeds.

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