Dewsbury railway station

Dewsbury
Dewsbury railway station, in June 2006
Location
Place	Dewsbury
Local authority	Kirklees
Coordinates	53°41′31″N 1°37′59″W / 53.692°N 1.633°W / 53.692; -1.633Coordinates: 53°41′31″N 1°37′59″W / 53.692°N 1.633°W / 53.692; -1.633
Grid reference	SE243217
Operations
Station code	DEW
Managed by	TransPennine Express
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	1.456 million
2011/12	1.483 million
2012/13	1.604 million
2013/14	1.670 million
2014/15	1.691 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire Metro
Zone	3
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
18 September 1848	Station opened as Dewsbury
2 June 1924	Renamed Dewsbury Wellington Road
20 February 1969	Renamed Dewsbury
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dewsbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dewsbury railway station serves the town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. The station is 9.25 miles (15 km) south west of Leeds on the Huddersfield Line.

The station is managed by TransPennine Express trains and it is the stop between Leeds and Huddersfield.

History

The station is on the Huddersfield Line operated by Northern. It is 9 miles (14 km) away from Leeds. The line between Leeds and Dewsbury Junction – between Dewsbury station and Mirfield – was built by the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, which was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway prior to opening.^[1] The station was opened on 18 September 1848 and was known as Dewsbury Wellington Road from 2 June 1924 until 20 February 1969, when it reverted to the original name Dewsbury.^[2]

A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Dewsbury (upper right)

Dewsbury had three other railway stations, all now closed:- these were the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Thornhill station (closed in 1961), the Great Northern Railway's Central (on the Bradford Exchange to Wakefield line, closed in 1964) and the L&Y Market Place terminus (closed in 1930). No trace of Market Place station remains, but the façade of Dewsbury Central can still be seen as it was incorporated into a bridge supporting the Dewsbury Ring Road in 1985.

Services

From Dewsbury there is a half-hourly TransPennine Express service to Leeds and beyond, and to Huddersfield & Manchester Piccadilly Monday to Saturday daytimes and an hourly service evenings and Sundays. Trains go onwards from Leeds towards York & Scarborough or to Selby and Hull, whilst alternate westbound trains continue through to Warrington Central and Liverpool Lime Street. The service pattern from here was revamped in May 2014, when the service frequency on the Leeds - Manchester section improved to five trains each way per hour from the previous four.^[3]

On the Huddersfield Line, there is a Monday to Saturdays, half-hourly stopping local service to Leeds eastbound and an hourly service to both Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria via Hebden Bridge westbound. During the evenings the frequency drops to hourly on this route as only the Leeds to Huddersfield service operates.^[4]

On Sundays there is a train every two hours to Huddersfield & Leeds.

Service Alterations in December 2008

Northern Rail implemented changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour were introduced between Leeds and Manchester Victoria - one being the previous stopping service via Halifax, one running via Dewsbury and Brighouse (and include stops at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton) and the third being a limited stop service - between Bradford and Manchester the service calls at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale.^[5] This gives the town a regular link with Todmorden and Rochdale for the first time and also offers a through service to Manchester Victoria, although it is still quicker for passengers heading there to travel via Huddersfield (and change trains) as the Calder Valley service stops at all local stations en route.

References

External links

• West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms - Official Website

• Train times and station information for Dewsbury railway station from National Rail

Railways in North Kirklees (Past, present and future)

Legend to Bradford Birstall Town to Leeds Lower Birstall Howden Clough Upper Batley to Leeds Carlinghow Gomersal to Bradford to Leeds Cleckheaton Spen Cleckheaton Central Batley Liversedge Spen Liversedge Central Chickenley Heath Heckmondwike Spen to Wakefield Batley Carr Staincliffe and Batley Carr Heckmondwike Central Dewsbury Central Dewsbury Wellington Road Earlsheaton Ravensthorpe Lower to Wakefield Northorpe Higher to Wakefield Northorpe North Road Dewsbury Market Place Ravensthorpe Dewsbury Midland Goods Battyeford Thornhill Mirfield to Royston and Notton to Huddersfield to Huddersfield

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Huddersfield		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Leeds
Ravensthorpe		Northern Huddersfield Line		Batley