Brockholes railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Brockholes


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Brockholes
borough = Kirklees
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 5
code = BHS
lowusage0405 = 31,896
lowusage0506 = 32,943
lowusage0607 = 34,493
platforms = 1
start = 1 July 1850 [cite book |last = Bairstow|first = Martin|title = The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway| publisher = Martin Bairstow| isbn = 1-871944-08-2| date = 1993]

Brockholes railway station serves the village of Brockholes, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It lies 4¼ miles (7 km) away from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Rail.

Trains passing between Brockholes and Shepley pass through a 1 mile tunnel under Thurstonland.

The station was formerly the junction for the Holmfirth Branch Line, which was closed to passenger trains on 2 November 1959 and to goods trains in 1965.

ervices

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate every hour in each direction, to Huddersfield and Sheffield. Trains operate every two hours on Sundays.

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