Rail travel in and around Huddersfield




As Yorkshire's sixth largest town or city, Huddersfield used to be able to rely on at least an hourly service to virtually all destinations during weekday daytime. But Government-run Northern, one of the two rail operators at the station has drastically cut its services to Huddersfield during the early stages of the Covid pandemic and even more since.
Now, instead of an hourly train to Wakefield, there are just three peak-hour bus replacement services taking twice as long as the train, albeit still considerably quicker than the 1 hour 15 minutes it takes by the standard bus service to cover a distance of 12 miles as the crow flies.
Also cut from the May 2022 timetable from hourly to two-hourly with no late evening trains on weekdays and Saturdays are services to Brighouse, Halifax and Bradford which also provided a connection to destinations on the Calder Valley line towards Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.
Northern still provide hourly trains on the popular commuter route through some of Huddersfield's surrounding villages to Denby Dale, Penistone, Barnsley and Sheffield.
TransPennine Express provide hourly stopping services to stations on the line to Leeds and in the opposite direction along the Colne Valley towards Manchester.
As at May 2022, there are generally 3 fast trains per hour towards Manchester during weekday daytime with destinations of Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Liverpool via Manchester Victoria. Three fast trains towards Leeds and beyond include two stopping at Dewsbury, one heading for Hull and two going via York to either Newcastle or Redcar Central.
Few trains are operating as through services to Scarborough at present, but passengers will be able to change to an hourly service from York.


Huddersfield - Brighouse - Halifax - Low Moor - Bradford Interchange
and where to change for journeys from Huddersfield to
Sowerby Bridge - Mytholmroyd - Hebden Bridge - Todmorden - Walsden


Huddersfield - Deighton - Mirfield - Ravensthorpe - Dewsbury - Batley - Morley - Cottingley - Leeds
and
Huddersfield - Deighton - Mirfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Normanton - Castleford


Please check timetables or with rail operators for full and up-to-date details. This travel study is provided for general guidance.
Useful web links
The website of West Yorkshire passenger transport authority Metro offers live departure information for all stations and for bus stops in West Yorkshire together with timetables. National Rail offers a journey planner and live station departure and arrival information across the country.
