Brockholes
General information
Location	Brockholes,Kirklees England
Coordinates	53°35′49″N1°46′11″W / 53.5970°N 1.7698°W /53.5970; -1.7698
Grid reference	SE153111
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BHS
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 July 1850[1]
Passengers
2019/20	50,848
2020/21	10,216
2021/22	31,306
2022/23	34,750
2023/24	35,640
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Brockholes railway station serves the village ofBrockholes, nearHuddersfield inWest Yorkshire. It lies 4.25 miles (7 km) away fromHuddersfield on thePenistone Line operated byNorthern Trains.

Trains passing between Brockholes andShepley pass through a 1-mile (1.6 km) tunnel underThurstonland.

Opened in July 1850 by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a satellite company of theLancashire & Yorkshire Railway), the station was formerly the junction for theHolmfirth Branch Line, which opened on the same day as the main line but closed to passenger trains on 2 November 1959 and to goods traffic in May 1965. Goods traffic ceased to be handled at Brockholes in October 1964, with the station becoming an unstaffed halt in August 1966.^[2]

The southbound platform went out of use when the Stocksmoor to Huddersfield section was singled in 1989. Only the northern end of the former Huddersfield-bound platform (which has been raised to modern standard height) is now used for rail services; the other end is disused and fenced off. The main buildings on the southbound side have been restored and converted into a private house, complete with heritage signage.^[2]

The station is unstaffed and has a basic shelter on its single active platform. A ticket machine was added in 2018, so tickets are now available to be bought at the station as well as on the train. Tickets can be bought in advance and collected from the station's machine. Timetable poster and a digital information screen are provided to offer train running information. Step-free access is via a ramp from the main entrance.^[3]

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate every hour in each direction, toHuddersfield andSheffield viaBarnsley.^[4] The same frequency applies on Sundays also, but starting later in the morning.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Stocksmoor		Northern Trains Penistone Line		Honley
Disused railways
Terminus		L&YR Holmfirth Branch Line		Thongsbridge

v t e 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 ToPenistone Skelmanthorpe Cuckoo's Nest Clayton West

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  The station in 1961
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  The station in 2005
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  A train enteringThurstonland rail tunnel in the 1970s
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  The station in 2018
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  The sign at the entrance to the station in 2018

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