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Huddersfield railway Train station

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

Managed by First TransPennine Express
Local authority Kirklees
Annual entry/exit 0.910 million *
Platforms in use 6
Key dates Opened 1850

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 and more recently the Caldervale Line for trains towards Halifax and Bradford Interchange.

The Station Building

The station is well known in architectural circles for its classical style facade with Corinthian order columns 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 Train Station Tavern, 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.

Train services

There are six platforms.

* Platform 1 - for services towards Manchester
* Platform 2 - for Penistone Line services to Sheffield.
* Platform 4 - for trains towards Leeds and Manchester in case platform 1 or 8 is occupied.
* Platform 5 and 6 - terminus platforms for local trains to/from Leeds and Wakefield.
* Platform 8 - for services to Leeds and beyond.