Stocksmoor railway station

Stocksmoor
The view from platform 2
Location
Place	Stocksmoor
Local authority	Kirklees
Coordinates	53°35′39″N 1°43′25″W / 53.594190°N 1.723550°WCoordinates: 53°35′39″N 1°43′25″W / 53.594190°N 1.723550°W
Grid reference	SE183108
Operations
Station code	SSM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	19,348
2005/06	21,528
2006/07	20,948
2007/08	20,778
2008/09	24,588
2009/10	25,564
2010/11	27,194
2011/12	26,490
2012/13	21,232
2013/14	23,648
2014/15	23,376
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1850[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stocksmoor from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stocksmoor railway station serves the village of Stocksmoor near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

The station is 6.25 miles (10 km) from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Rail.

Most of the Penistone Line is single track between Huddersfield and Barnsley. However, Stocksmoor marks the first point (for Sheffield-bound trains) or last point (for Huddersfield-bound trains) where there is dual running track (the passing loop extends as far south as the next station at Shepley).

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate hourly from Stocksmoor in each direction, towards Huddersfield and Sheffield. On Sundays, trains operate every two hours.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Shepley		Northern Rail Penistone Line		Brockholes

Kirklees South Lines

Legend 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

References

1. Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.
2. Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.

External links

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