Dewsbury railway station

Dewsbury National Rail

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
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 1.456 million
2011/12 Increase 1.483 million
2012/13 Increase 1.604 million
2013/14 Increase 1.670 million
2014/15 Increase 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
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* 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

  1. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 87. CN 8983.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 79. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. GB National Rail Timetable May–December 2014, Table 39
  4. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 39 (Network Rail)
  5. WYPTE Report - Proposed Northern December 2008 Timetable 16 May 2008; Accessed 2008-10-30

External links

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
TransPennine Express
North TransPennine
Northern
Huddersfield Line
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