Rail travel in and around Huddersfield

Huddersfield Railway Station

Huddersfield railway station is the second-busiest in West Yorkshire after Leeds.

The station was being used by around five million passenger journeys per year before the Covid pandemic and recent problems of high cancellation rates at TransPennine Express. Until recently it ranked fourth-busiest in Yorkshire after Leeds, York and Sheffield. However, with passenger numbers not yet recovered, it currently also falls below Doncaster in the useage figures.

Huddersfield is usually served by more than 200 trains a day. They offer direct services to and from more than 80 destinations throughout the north of England, with connecting services to many other places.

More than 100 stations can be reached from Huddersfield in under an hour.

Huddersfield has no direct train services to London, but has a huge number of options to reach London via connecting services. These include travel to Manchester Piccadilly to use Avanti West Coast services to Euston; travel to Leeds or to York or occassionally changing at Wakefield Kirkgate and at Wakefield Westgate to use LNER services to King's Cross; and travelling to Brighouse or to Mirfield to use Grand Central services to King's Cross. Travelling south to Sheffield to use East Midlands Railway to St Pancras is an option that is usually much slower than alternatives. The fastest weekday journey as at June 2024 is one taking 2 hours 33 minutes involving a 14-minute change from TransPennine Express to LNER at Leeds. The time is an exception rather than the rule as other journeys typically take from around 2 hours 50 minutes to 3 hours 20 minutes.

For more datails on local services see:

Huddersfield line to Manchester
— includes TransPennine Express trains to Slaithwaite, Marsden and stops to Manchester Piccadilly and express trains calling at Stalybridge or operating directly to Manchester Piccadilly or to Manchester Victoria and beyond.

Huddersfield line to Leeds
— includes TransPennine Express stopping trains to Deighton, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley, Morley, Cottingley and Leeds and express trains calling at Dewsbury or operating directly to Leeds and beyond.

Wakefield connection
— TransPennine Express Monday to Saturday two-hourly trains to Deighton, Mirfield, Wakefield Kirkgate, Normanton, Castleford and York.

Bradford connection
— Northern trains to Brighouse, Halifax, Low Moor and Bradford Interchange, (continuing on Sundays via New Pudsey and Bramley to Leeds). Also connections for upper Calder Valley destinations.

Penistone line
— Northern trains to Lockwood, Berry Brow, Honley, Brockholes, Stocksmoor, Shepley, Denby Dale, Penistone and stations to Barnsley and Sheffield.

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.

Metro West Yorkshire passenger transport authority Metro's website (external link).

National Rail National Rail Enquiries and journey planner (external link).

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