Hebden Bridge railway station
Hebden Bridge  |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| View from platform 1 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Hebden Bridge |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| Coordinates | 53°44′16″N 2°00′32″W / 53.7377°N 2.0088°WCoordinates: 53°44′16″N 2°00′32″W / 53.7377°N 2.0088°W |
| Grid reference | SD994268 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HBD |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
|
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.368 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.386 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.401 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.435 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.597 million |
| 2009/10 * | 0.644 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 5 October 1840 | Opened |
| 1893 | Current station buildings opened |
| 1997 | Refurbished |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hebden Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Hebden Bridge railway station serves the town of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Caldervale Line, currently operated by Northern Rail from York and Leeds towards Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North. The station is 8.5 miles (14 km) west of Halifax and 26 miles (42 km) west of Leeds.
Contents |
[edit] History
The Manchester and Leeds Railway, which was authorised in 1836 for a line from Manchester to Normanton,[1] was opened in stages; the second section, between Normanton and Hebden Bridge, opened on 5 October 1840.[2] Trains arrived at Hebden Bridge from Normanton and passengers would then continue to Littleborough by road.[3] The section between Hebden Bridge and Summit Tunnel (as yet uncompleted) was opened on 31 December 1840, and allowed trains to reach Todmorden; the opening of Summit Tunnel on 1 March 1841 saw trains continue onwards to Littleborough and Manchester.[4][3] An 1841 timetable shows five Manchester to Leeds trains per day calling at Hebden Bridge (two on Sundays), all but one of which called at all stations; a similar service ran in the opposite direction.[5] Trains began operating to Halifax and Bradford in 1854.[3]
The current buildings date from 1893, construction having started in 1891.[3] By this point there was a goods yard alongside the station, but this was closed in 1966 and the site is now the station's car park.[3] In 1997 the station was renovated and signage in the original Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway style was erected.[3]
[edit] Facilities
The station has a staffed ticket office, waiting rooms, toilets and a cafe.[6][7] Platform 2, towards Leeds, is accessible to those with disabilities but platform 1 is not; the lifts serving the subway were withdrawn in the 1980s and funding for their re-instatement has not been made available via the Department for Transport's Access for All scheme.[8] There are no information screens, but automated public-address announcements are made about rail services.
[edit] Services
On Monday to Saturday during daytime there are four trains per hour to Leeds - one runs via Brighouse and Dewsbury (calling at all stations except Cottingley) and the other three via Bradford Interchange (one serving all stations to Bradford and two calling at Halifax only). One of this latter group continues to York. During the evening, the service drops to hourly with one or two extras and runs exclusively via Bradford.
Westbound there are three trains per hour to Manchester Victoria (hourly evenings and Sundays), and an hourly service to Blackpool North via Burnley, Blackburn and Preston (two-hourly evenings, hourly on Sundays). One of the Manchester trains is a limited-stop service, calling at Todmorden and Rochdale only.
[edit] Gallery
-
The scenery at the end of platform 1
-
Eastbound empties train between Hebden Bridge and Mythomroyd in 1959
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley Manchester Road | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Halifax Sowerby Bridge limited service |
||
| Todmorden | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Mytholmroyd | ||
| Halifax | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Eastwood | L&YR Caldervale Line |
Mytholmroyd | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 39. ISBN 0 7153 4352 1.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 48
- ^ a b c d e f "Station History". Friends of Hebden Bridge Station. http://ebasic.easily.co.uk/031047/007037/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 49
- ^ Marshall 1969, pp. 50–51
- ^ "Station details: Hebden Bridge". National Rail Enquiries. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/hbd/details.html. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Facilities". Friends of Hebden Bridge Station. http://ebasic.easily.co.uk/031047/007037/facilities.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Access for All Working Group". Friends of Hebden Bridge Station. http://ebasic.easily.co.uk/031047/007037/liftgroup.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Hebden Bridge railway station from National Rail
- Friends of Hebden Bridge Station - voluntary group which tidies the station environs, plants flowers, etc.
| Calderdale Lines (Past, present and future) | |
|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
