Brockholes railway station serves the village of Brockholes, near

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. It lies away from on the

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operated by

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. Trains passing between Brockholes and pass through a tunnel under

Thurstonland Thurstonland is a rural village in the civil parish of Kirkburton in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of almost 400. Thurstonland Urban District was created in 1894 and merged with Farnley Tyas urban district in 1925 to ...

. Opened in July 1850 by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a satellite company of the

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), the station was formerly the junction for the Holmfirth Branch Line, which opened on the same day as the main line but closed to passenger trains on 2 November 1959 and to goods traffic in May 1965. Goods traffic ceased to be handled at Brockholes in October 1964, with the station becoming an unstaffed halt in August 1966.Disused Stations - Brockholes
''Disused Stations Site Record''; Retrieved 16 January 2017 The southbound platform went out of use when the Stocksmoor to Huddersfield section was singled in 1989. Only the northern end of the former Huddersfield-bound platform (which has been raised to modern standard height) is now used for rail services; the other end is disused and fenced off. The main buildings on the southbound side have been restored and converted into a private house, complete with heritage signage.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has a basic shelter on its single active platform. A ticket machine was added in 2018, so tickets are now available to be bought at the station as well as on the train. Tickets can be bought in advance and collected from the station's machine. Timetable poster and a digital information screen are provided to offer train running information. Step-free access is via a ramp from the main entrance.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate every hour in each direction, to and via . The same frequency applies on Sundays also, but starting later in the morning.

References

Image gallery

File:Brockholes rail station 1915818 ab3ee450.jpg, The station in 1961 File:Brockholes Station, Honley - geograph.org.uk - 85970.jpg, The station in 2005 File:Brockholes_to_Thurstonland_Rail_Tunnel.jpg, A train entering

rail tunnel in the 1970s File:Brockholes Station June 2018.jpg, The station in 2018 File:Brockholes Sign 2018.jpg, The sign at the entrance to the station in 2018

External links

Holme Valley Railway stations in Kirklees DfT Category F2 stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Northern franchise railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub