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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°WCoordinates: 53°41′31″N 1°37′59″W / 53.692°N 1.633°W Grid reference SE243217 Operations Station code DEW Managed by TransPennine Express Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.743 million 2005/06 * 
0.805 million2006/07 * 0.843 million2007/08 * 0.875 million2008/09 * 1.248 million2009/10 * 1.271 million Passenger Transport Executive PTE West Yorkshire (Metro) Zone 3 History Opened 1848 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dewsbury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. 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.
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History
The station is on the Huddersfield Line operated by Northern Rail. It is 9 miles (14 km) away from Leeds. The station was opened in 1848 by the London and North Western Railway and was originally known as Dewsbury Wellington Road. 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 and Manchester Airport Monday to Saturday daytimes and an hourly service evenings and Sundays. Trains go onwards from Leeds towards York, Middlesbrough, Scarborough and Newcastle.
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.
On Sundays there is a train every two hours to Huddersfield & Leeds.Service Alterations in December 2008
Northern Rail have implemented changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour now run between Leeds and Manchester Victoria - one is the current stopping service, one runs via Dewsbury and Brighouse (and include stops at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton) and one is a limited stop service - between Bradford and Manchester the service will only call at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale.[1] 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 new Calder Valley service stops at all local stations en-route.
Notes
- ^ WYPTE Report - Proposed Northern December 2008 Timetable 16 May 2008; Accessed 2008-10-30
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 Gomersal 
Howden Clough Lower Birstall 
Upper Batley 
To Leeds Carlinghow 
To Bradford 
To Leeds Cleckheaton Central 
Cleckheaton Spen 
Batley Liversedge Central 
Liversedge Spen 
Chickenley Heath Heckmondwike Central 
Heckmondwike Spen Batley Carr 
To Wakefield 
Staincliffe and Batley Carr 
Dewsbury Central 
Earlsheaton 
To Wakefield Dewsbury Wellington Road 
Ravensthorpe Lower Dewsbury Market Place Northorpe Higher Northorpe North Road 
To Wakefield Ravensthorpe 
Dewsbury Midland Goods Battyeford 
Thornhill Mirfield To Royston and Notton To Huddersfield 
To Huddersfield Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station First TransPennine Express Northern Rail Railway stations in West Yorkshire MetroTrain lines ■ Airedale · ■ Caldervale · ■ Dearne Valley · ■ Hallam · ■ Harrogate · ■ Huddersfield · ■ Leeds-Bradford · ■ Penistone · ■ Pontefract · ■ Wakefield · ■ Wharfedale · ■ York & Selby
City of Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Batley · Berry Brow · Brockholes · Deighton · Denby Dale · Dewsbury · Honley · Huddersfield · Lockwood · Marsden · Mirfield · Ravensthorpe · Shepley · Slaithwaite · StocksmoorCity of Leeds Bramley · Burley Park · Cottingley · Cross Gates · East Garforth · Garforth · Guiseley · Headingley · Horsforth · Leeds · Micklefield · Morley · New Pudsey · WoodlesfordCity of Wakefield Outside West Yorkshire,
but within the
West Yorkshire Metro areaCategories:- Railway stations in Kirklees
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1848
- Railway stations served by First TransPennine Express
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category D stations
- Dewsbury
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