Slaithwaite railway station

Slaithwaite railway station serves the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles (6 km) west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria.

Slaithwaite
Platform 1
General information
Location	Slaithwaite, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53.623800°N 1.881480°W / 53.623800; -1.881480
Grid reference	SE079141
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWT
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1849	Original station opened
7 October 1968	closed
13 December 1982	Present station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.226 million
2020/21	55,108
2021/22	0.186 million
2022/23	0.188 million
2023/24	0.183 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is situated between the centre of the town and the "Hill Top" residential area. The station has two platforms with a car park and bus stop at the approach to Platform 2. The current station was opened on 13 December 1982 by Metro (the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) and British Rail. The Huddersfield-bound platform is on the site of an earlier four platform station which opened in 1849 and closed on 7 October 1968. The current Stalybridge-bound platform is on the site of the old goods yard.

This station is operated by Northern Trains but TransPennine Express is the sole operator serving the station.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed. As of November 2018, tickets can be purchased from one of two Ticket Vending Machines situated on the station. These are located on each of the two platforms, offering a better provision than that which was removed from the eastbound platform in July 2018. There are shelters on both platforms, along with timetable poster boards and digital information displays. Train running information can also be obtained by telephone. Step-free access to both platforms (which are staggered) is available via ramps from the nearby road (westbound) or through the station car park (eastbound). Access to the westbound platform is via the car park, and to the eastbound from the nearby road by crossing under the railway bridge.

Platforms on both Eastbound and Westbound sides of the station were extended in May 2018 and can now accommodate up to four carriages, enabling the use of six-car trains (pairs of three-car sets). Following a period of having no shelters, in September 2018, new passenger shelters were erected on both the west and eastbound platforms by the station's operator Northern.

Services

Kirklees South Lines
To Heckmondwike To Dewsbury and Wakefield To Calderdale Cooper Bridge Bradley Deighton (1982– ) Deighton (1871–1930) Kirkheaton Newtown goods Huddersfield Fenay Bridge and Lepton Longwood and Milnsbridge Lockwood Golcar Kirkburton Netherton Berry Brow Slaithwaite Healey House Meltham Honley Marsden Brockholes To Saddleworth Thongsbridge Stocksmoor Holmfirth Shepley Denby Dale Shelley To Penistone Skelmanthorpe Cuckoos Nest Clayton West

As of December 2023, Slaithwaite is served by an hourly TransPennine Express service between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield throughout the week (including Sundays).

Additional trains call at Slaithwaite during the AM and PM peak. Services between Hull and Manchester Piccadilly call in both directions, whilst there are four trains each way (two morning, two late afternoon) to and from York via Castleford.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Marsden		TransPennine Express North Transpennine Manchester–Huddersfield (stopping service)		Huddersfield
	Historical railways
Marsden Line and station open		L&NWR Huddersfield Line		Golcar Line open, Station closed

Gallery

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  Platform 2

External links

• Train times and station information for Slaithwaite railway station from National Rail