Ravensthorpe railway station

Ravensthorpe
Ravensthorpe station, looking towards Dewsbury and Leeds
Location
Place	Ravensthorpe
Local authority	Kirklees
Coordinates	53°40′32″N 1°39′20″W / 53.675660°N 1.655550°W / 53.675660; -1.655550Coordinates: 53°40′32″N 1°39′20″W / 53.675660°N 1.655550°W / 53.675660; -1.655550
Grid reference	SE228199
Operations
Station code	RVN
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	30,968
2013/14	33,288
2014/15	34,974
2015/16	36,962
2016/17	42,548
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire Metro
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1890 (1890)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ravensthorpe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Ravensthorpe railway station serves the Ravensthorpe suburb of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the Huddersfield line between Leeds and Manchester, 8 miles (13 km) north east of Huddersfield.

The station is managed by Northern, although all services are currently provided by TransPennine Express.

Ravensthorpe station is adjacent to Dewsbury Junction, where a line branches to Wakefield Kirkgate. There are plans to extend the station by building new platforms on this line, which was built by the former Manchester and Leeds Railway.

History

Ravensthorpe was a late addition to the London and North Western Railway, with the station and goods shed built in 1890 to attract freight traffic in the area. The line itself opened some 42 years earlier.

Facilities

Ravensthorpe station is unstaffed. The former station buildings, having been damaged by fire, were demolished and replaced with basic shelters. There are no facilities to purchase tickets and so passengers must purchase tickets on the train.

There are timetable posters and a telephone available to obtain train running information, along with digital information screens. Step-free access is limited to the eastbound platform, as the westbound platform can only be reached by steps.^[1]

Ravensthorpe is one of West Yorkshire's least used stations due to its relatively remote location, although it does also serve the nearby village of Thornhill.

Services

Ravensthorpe is served each day (including Sundays) by an hourly TransPennine Express service running between Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester Piccadilly.^[2] This replaced the former local Northern-run Leeds to Huddersfield stopping service at the May 2018 timetable change.

References

Gallery

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  Platform 2.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ravensthorpe 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
Mirfield		TransPennine Express North TransPennine (Manchester - Leeds)		Dewsbury