The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England: it is one of the busiest on the Metro network. Local services are operated by Northern Rail. The Line connects Leeds, and Huddersfield with Manchester (Victoria), Manchester Airport and Liverpool. First TransPennine Express services operate over the route. Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... Huddersfield is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees within the County of West Yorkshire in England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ... Manchester International Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an airport in Manchester, England. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... TransPennine Express is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...

The route

History

At the time of the 1923 Grouping most of the route followed by the line was over London and North Western Railway (LNWR) metals; the exception being a short stretch near Deighton, which was the property of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The first section of the line, between Huddersfield and Stalybridge, was opened by the Manchester, Stockport and Leeds Railway on 1 August 1849. The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway after 1948. The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the countrys one hundred and twenty railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ... The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ... Map sources for Stalybridge at grid reference SJ963985 Stalybridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

General notes

The route travels SSW from Leeds through Dewsbury; after a short westward stretch through Mirfield (where it runs on the ex-L&YR section), it continues SE through Huddersfield, using the River Colne valley to its headwaters; the long tunnel at Marsden crosses under the watershed; and the majority of the run down to Manchester is in the Tame valley. After Manchester, the line reaches the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line over Chat Moss to Liverpool. Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ... Mirfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, near Dewsbury. ... The River Colne rises in the Pennines in West Yorkshire. ... Marsden is the name of more than one place in the United Kingdom: Marsden, Tyne and Wear Marsden, West Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The River Tame is a river in the north west of England. ... The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. ... Chat Moss is a large peat bog in Lancashire, England. ...

Route details

Leeds-Huddersfield

This is the section over which West Yorkshire MetroCards are available; many of the places served no longer have rail facilities. All stations that are still open are in bold.:

• Leeds City station
• Copley Hill
• Cottingley (Leeds)
• Farnley and Wortley
• Churwell
• Morley
• Batley
• Staincliffe & Batley Carr
• Dewsbury: was named Dewsbury (Wellington Road)
• Ravensthorpe was named Ravensthorpe and Thornhill
  • here is Dewsbury Junction with the L&YR. Trains from Wakefield (Westgate and Kirkgate railway stations join the Huddersfield Line here, giving connections from the Pontefract, Hallam and Wakefield Lines.
• Mirfield L&YR junctions here to Low Moor (closed) and Halifax (the Caldervale Line): the service from the Huddersfield Line operates to Brighouse
• Hooton Lodge/Heckmondwike Junctions return the route to the ex-LNWR line
• Bradley
• Deighton
• Huddersfield : served by the Caldervale and Penistone Line lines. The station here was LNWR/L&YR joint owned.

Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... This article discusses the village of Farnley in North Yorkshire, England. ... Wortley is a town which is part of the metropolitan district of Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Morley is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Morley, Derbyshire Morley, County Durham Morley, West Yorkshire Elsewhere: Morley, Western Australia Morley is also a common family name in English-speaking countries. ... Batley is a small town in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Dewsbury, just off the M62. ... Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ... Thornhill can refer to: Thornhill, Wales Thornhill, Cumbria Thornhill, Derbyshire Thornhill, Hampshire Thornhill, West Yorkshire Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway Thornhill, Stirling Thornhill, Kentucky Thornhill, Ontario Thornhill, an album by Moxy Früvous, named after Thornhill, Ontario. ... The Pontefract Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The Hallam Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... Mirfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, near Dewsbury. ... Low Moor may refer to: Low Moor, Iowa Low Moor, Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Halifax is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, northern England, with a population of about 90,000. ... The Caldervale Line is the name given to rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... Bradley is a district 3 miles 5km northeast of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. ... Deighton (pronounced Dee-ton) is situated 2 miles (3 km) to the North West of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. ... Huddersfield is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees within the County of West Yorkshire in England. ... The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ...

Huddersfield-Manchester

• here is Springwood Tunnel and Springwood Junction for the trains on the Penistone Line
• Longwood and Milnsbridge
• Golcar
• Slaithwaite
• Marsden
• here is Standedge Tunnel : three parallel tunnels, two single-line, one double 5340 yds (4806m) in length
• Diggle
• Diggle Junction with lines to Oldham and Stalybridge via Friezland
• Saddleworth
• Greenfield
• Mossley
• Stalybridge
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• Manchester Victoria

Longwood may refer to: Longwood, Florida Longwood, Clark County, Wisconsin Longwood, Bronx, New York Longwood Station (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia Longwood, Huddersfield Longwood, Saint Helena The Battle of Longwoods Longwood, County Meath, Ireland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might... Golcar is a hill town in the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, 4 km west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ... Slaithwaite (pronounced Slathwait or Slawit but never Slaythwait) is a small town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, near Huddersfield, on the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ... Map sources for Marsden, West Yorkshire at grid reference SE048116 Marsden is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles west of Huddersfield, and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, close to the Standedge Tunnel. ... Location within the British Isles Mumps Bridge, Oldham Oldham is a large town in North West England, lying in the foothills of the Pennines on the north-eastern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation: the town has a population of around 220,000. ... Map sources for Stalybridge at grid reference SJ963985 Stalybridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester. ... Friezland is a small village, which is situated four miles east of Oldham, Greater Manchester. ... Saddleworth is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in North West England. ... Greenfield is one of the Saddleworth villages, located in Oldham Metropolitan Borough, approximately four miles outside of Oldham town centre. ... Mossley is a town in Tameside on the north-east side of Greater Manchester. ... Map sources for Stalybridge at grid reference SJ963985 Stalybridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester. ... Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Greater Manchester with a population of 44,400 (2001 estimate). ... Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria railway station is the second of Manchesters mainline railway stations, now being much less important than Manchester Piccadilly station. ...

Manchester to Liverpool

• Manchester Piccadilly
  • Manchester Airport
• Manchester Oxford Road
• Liverpool Lime Street

Manchester Piccadilly station is the principal railway station of Manchester, UK. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street and the south, Glasgow Central, and routes throughout the north of England. ... Manchester International Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an airport in Manchester, England. ... The station canopy windows reflecting the Refuge Assurance building Manchester Oxford Road Station is a railway station in Manchester, UK. The station is not actually in Oxford Road but slightly to the north of that thoroughfare, just off (or rather above) Oxford Street, on an elevated track between Deansgate and... Lime Street Station (officially referred to as Liverpool Lime Street) is the mainline railway station serving Liverpool, England. ...