Honley railway station serves the village of
Honley
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Honley is a large village in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated near to Holmfirth and Huddersfield, and on the banks of the River Holme in the Holme Valley. According to the 2011 ...
in the
Holme Valley
Holme Valley is a large civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049 (2001 census), increasing to 34,680 for the two wards in the 2011 Census. Its administrative centre is in H ...
of
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England. Honley station lies approximately from on the
Penistone Line
The Penistone Line is operated by Northern Trains in the West Yorkshire Metro and Travel South Yorkshire areas of northern England. It connects Huddersfield and Sheffield via Penistone and Barnsley, serving many rural communities. Metrocards ( ...
operated by
Northern Trains
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.
The station was opened by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a constituent company of the
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...
) in 1850.
The railway line through Honley has been single since 1989, with only one platform (the former northbound one) in use for both directions
Facilities
In August 2013, plans were released to install electronic customer real-time information screens (CIS) at the station. It was later revealed by Metro that they were to be installed in May/June 2015. These are now (December 2016) in use. The station is unmanned and has no ticket machine, so tickets must be purchased on the train or in advance. A customer help point and timetable posters are provided in addition to the CIS screens to offer train running information. A single waiting shelter is located next to the station entrance; there is no step-free access however, as the platform is above street level and can only be reached by stairs from the car park below.
Services
There is an hourly service in operation Monday to Saturday from Honley to and via ; on Sundays trains also call hourly each way from mid-morning.
Gallery
File:Honley Rail TunnelP6030037(RLH).JPG, Honley Tunnel
File:Honley Station June 2018.jpg, Honley station 2018
File:Honley station building.jpg, The station building in 2018
References
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Railway stations in Kirklees
DfT Category F2 stations
Holme Valley
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Northern franchise railway stations
railway station
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