Dewsbury railway station

Dewsbury
Dewsbury railway station, in June 2018
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 from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	1.604 million
2013/14	1.670 million
2014/15	1.691 million
2015/16	1.697 million
2016/17	1.737 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
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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. Situated 9.25 miles (15 km) south west of Leeds on the main line to Huddersfield and Manchester, the station was opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1848.

The station is now managed by TransPennine Express, who provide trains to Leeds, Huddersfield, Manchester, York, Hull and Middlesbrough.

Northern also serve the station with trains on the Calder Valley line.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Dewsbury (upper right)

The line between Leeds and Ravensthorpe was built by the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, which was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway prior to opening.^[1] Dewsbury railway station was opened on 18 September 1848 and was subsequently named Dewsbury Wellington Road from 2 June 1924 until 20 February 1969, when it reverted to the original name.^[2]

Dewsbury was also served by three other stations which have since closed:

• Dewsbury Central, served by the Great Northern Railway on the Bradford Exchange to Wakefield line, closed in 1964.
• Dewsbury Market Place, built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway, closed in 1930.
• Thornhill, also built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway, closed in 1961.

No trace of Market Place station remains, but the façade of Dewsbury Central was incorporated into a bridge supporting the Dewsbury Ring Road in 1985.

Facilities

The station is staffed through the day, with the ticket office on Platform 1 open from 06:15 until 19:30 each day (except Sunday, when it opens at 07:30). Self-service ticket machines are also provided in the booking hall.

There are waiting rooms on each platform, along with digital display screens, customer help points, timetable poster boards and automated announcements to offer train running information. A public house and a shop offer refreshment facilities. Lifts integrated into the footbridge provide step-free access to both platforms.

Ticket barriers were installed in 2018.^[3]

Services

As of May 2018, Dewsbury is served by four trains per hour to Leeds and four trains per hour to Manchester. The regular service pattern is as follows:

1. A TransPennine Express service to Middlesbrough calling at Leeds, York, Thirsk, Northallerton, Yarm and Thornaby.
2. A TransPennine Express service to Hull calling at Batley, Leeds, Garforth, Selby and Brough.
3. A TransPennine Express service to Leeds calling at Batley and Morley.
4. A Northern service to Leeds calling at Morley and Cottingley.
5. A TransPennine Express service to Manchester Airport calling at Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Piccadilly.
6. A TransPennine Express service to Manchester Piccadilly calling at Huddersfield, Slaithwaite, Mossley and Stalybridge.
7. A TransPennine Express service to Manchester Piccadilly calling at Ravensthorpe, Mirfield, Deighton, Huddersfield, Marsden, Greenfield and Stalybridge.
8. A Northern service to Southport calling at Mirfield, Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Walsden, Smithy Bridge, Rochdale, Manchester Victoria, Salford Central, Salford Crescent, Swinton, Walkden, Atherton, Daisy Hill, Wigan Wallgate, Gathurst, Appley Bridge, Parbold, Burscough Bridge and Meols Cop.^[4]

On Sundays the Northern services do not run, so the TransPennine Express service terminating at Leeds also calls at Cottingley.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dewsbury railway station.

• 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
Great Northern Railway to Bradford Leeds New Line to Leeds Howden Clough Upper Batley to Leeds Birstall Town Lower Birstall Carlinghow to Leeds Gomersal Chickenley Heath to Wakefield Batley Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly to Bradford Cleckheaton Central Cleckheaton Spen Liversedge Central Liversedge Spen Batley Carr Staincliffe and Batley Carr Heckmondwike Central Heckmondwike Spen Dewsbury Wellington Road Dewsbury Central Dewsbury Market Place Northorpe North Road Earlsheaton Northorpe Higher to Wakefield Ravensthorpe Lower Dewsbury Goods (NMR) Ravensthorpe Huddersfield Line to Wakefield Battyeford Leeds New Line to Huddersfield Thornhill Mirfield North Midland Railway to Royston and Notton Huddersfield Line to Huddersfield

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Huddersfield		TransPennine Express North TransPennine (Manchester - Middlesbrough)		Leeds
		TransPennine Express North TransPennine (Manchester - Hull)		Batley
Ravensthorpe		TransPennine Express North TransPennine (Manchester - Leeds)
Mirfield		Northern Calder Valley Line (Southport - Leeds)		Morley