Halifax railway station (England)
Station entrance from the forecourt | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Halifax, Calderdale England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°43′14″N 1°51′14″W / 53.720650°N 1.853790°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE097249 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HFX | ||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1844 | First station opened as Halifax Shaw Syke | ||||
| 7 August 1850 | Resited and named Halifax | ||||
| 23 June 1855 | Permanent buildings opened | ||||
| 1885–86 | Rebuilt and enlarged | ||||
| June 1890 | Renamed Halifax Old | ||||
| 30 September 1951 | Renamed Halifax Town | ||||
| 12 June 1961 | Renamed Halifax | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 1.914 million | ||||
| Interchange | 53,319 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.369 million | ||||
| Interchange | 15,671 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1.165 million | ||||
| Interchange | 49,706 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.419 million | ||||
| Interchange | 56,092 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.621 million | ||||
| Interchange | 54,635 | ||||
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Halifax railway station serves the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Calder Valley line and is 17 miles (27 km) west from Leeds.
Platform 2 is used by eastbound services towards Bradford and Leeds, while platform 1 accommodates westbound trains towards Brighouse, Huddersfield, Sowerby Bridge, Blackpool North and Manchester Victoria. The two routes divide about a mile south of the station at Dryclough Junction.
To the east, the line also divided with the current line passing into Beacon Hill tunnel and a disused line via Halifax North Bridge to Ovenden, then going on to a junction at Holmfield with the Halifax High level line which had stations in Pellon and at St Paul's, Queens Road; and via Queensbury to Bradford and Keighley, for destinations in the North-West.