Dewsbury railway station serves the town of
Dewsbury in
West Yorkshire
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, England. Situated south west of
Leeds
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on the
main line to
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
and
Manchester
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, the station was opened by the
London and North Western Railway in 1848.
The station is now managed by
TransPennine Express
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, who provide trains to
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
,
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
,
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
,
Hull and
Redcar Central.
Northern Trains
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also serve the station with trains on the
Calder Valley line
The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes ...
.
History
The line between Leeds and
Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places.
England
*Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire
**Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury
*Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
*Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
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was built by the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, which was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway prior to opening. 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.
Dewsbury was also served by three other stations which have since closed:
* Dewsbury Central, served by the
Great Northern Railway on the to Wakefield line, closed in 1964.
* Dewsbury Market Place, built by the
Manchester and Leeds Railway
The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a British railway company that built a line from Manchester to Normanton where it made a junction with the North Midland Railway, over which it relied on running powers to access Leeds. The line followed the ...
, 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. 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. There are no toilets. Lifts integrated into the footbridge provide step-free access to both platforms. The footbridge is also a public right of way.
On Platform 1, there is a piece of art called ''Horizons''. The art club from Carlton Junior and Infant School "worked alongside artist Candida Wood from Can Do Art, and over 10 weeks they designed a piece of art aiming to attract members of the local community to visit the station".
Ticket barriers were installed in 2018.
In summer 2018, Kirklees Council started work on making improvements to the outside of the station. Plans included pedestrianizing the area directly outside the station and redesigning the car park entrances to improve traffic flow. The improvements are part of the "North Kirklees Growth Zone" initiative, intended to be a kick start to improvements to the town.
Services
As of December 2019, Dewsbury is served by four trains per hour to Leeds and four trains per hour to Manchester. The regular service pattern is as follows:
Eastbound (Towards Leeds)
# A TransPennine Express service to calling at , , , , , and .
# A TransPennine Express service to calling at , , , , and (1tp2h)
# A TransPennine Express service to calling at , and .
# A Northern Trains service to calling at and .
Westbound (Towards Manchester)
# Two TransPennine Express services to calling at , , , and (1tph).
# A TransPennine Express service to calling at , and .
# A Northern Trains service to calling at , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
[GB National Rail Timetable May 2019 edition, Tables 39 & 41]
On Sundays, the Northern Trains services do not run.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Dewsbury
References
External links
West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms - Official Website
{{West Yorkshire railway stations
Railway stations in Kirklees
DfT Category D stations
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
Railway stations served by TransPennine Express
Northern franchise railway stations
Buildings and structures in Dewsbury