Halifax railway station (England)
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Halifax railway station serves the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Calder Valley line and is 17 miles (27 km) west from Leeds.
General information | |||||
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Location | Halifax, Calderdale England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.720650°N 1.853790°W / 53.720650; -1.853790 | ||||
Grid reference | SE097249 | ||||
Managed by | Northern | ||||
Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HFX | ||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 July 1844 | First station opened as Halifax Shaw Syke | ||||
7 August 1850 | Resited and named Halifax | ||||
23 June 1855 | Permanent buildings opened | ||||
1885–86 | Rebuilt and enlarged | ||||
June 1890 | Renamed Halifax Old | ||||
30 September 1951 | Renamed Halifax Town | ||||
12 June 1961 | Renamed Halifax | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 1.843 million | ||||
Interchange | 69,474 | ||||
2019/20 | 1.914 million | ||||
Interchange | 53,319 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.369 million | ||||
Interchange | 15,671 | ||||
2021/22 | 1.165 million | ||||
Interchange | 49,706 | ||||
2022/23 | 1.419 million | ||||
Interchange | 56,092 | ||||
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Platform 2 is used by eastbound services towards Bradford and Leeds, while platform 1 accommodates westbound trains towards Brighouse, Huddersfield, Sowerby Bridge, Blackpool North and Manchester Victoria. The two routes divide about a mile south of the station at Dryclough Junction.
To the east, the line also divided with the current line passing into Beacon Hill tunnel and a disused line via Halifax North Bridge to Ovenden, then going on to a junction at Holmfield with the Halifax High level line which had stations in Pellon and at St Paul's, Queens Road; and via Queensbury to Bradford and Keighley, for destinations in the North-West.