Ravensthorpe  | |||||
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 Ravensthorpe station, looking towards Dewsbury and Leeds | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ravensthorpe,Kirklees England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°40′32″N1°39′20″W / 53.675660°N 1.655550°W /53.675660; -1.655550 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE228199 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | RVN | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1890 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  35,518 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  13,254 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 31,784 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 38,324 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 35,926 | ||||
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Ravensthorpe railway station serves theRavensthorpe suburb ofDewsbury inWest Yorkshire,England. It is situated on theHuddersfield line betweenLeeds andManchester, 8 miles (13 km) north east ofHuddersfield.
The station is managed byNorthern Trains, although almost all services, except a handful of peak-time Leeds to Wigan Trains, are currently provided byTransPennine Express.
Ravensthorpe station is situated just north-east of Thornhill LNW (London North Western) Junction, where a line branches toWakefield Kirkgate. There are plans to rebuild the station to the west of the junction, on the route built by the formerManchester and Leeds Railway.
Ravensthorpe was a late addition to theLondon and North Western Railway, with the station and goods shed built in 1890 to attract freight traffic in the area. The line itself had opened some 42 years earlier. Originally, the station was called "Ravensthorpe and Thornhill" asL&Y had opened a station,Ravensthorpe, on their railway branch betweenThornhill andHeckmondwike.
As part of a wider upgrade to the route between Huddersfield and Dewsbury,Network Rail proposes to partiallygrade separate the junction between the two lines and increase capacity for express trains by4-tracking the route to the west. The new junction design would move the alignment of the Leeds route slightly to the south, meaning the existing station would have to be largely demolished and rebuilt. Network Rail therefore plans to abandon the current station site, and build a replacement approximately 330 yards (300 m) to the west, which would turn Ravensthorpe into ajunction station, allowing trains to and from Wakefield to call in addition to the existing Leeds services.[1][2] ATWAO -Transport Work Act Order was submitted for the4-tracking in April 2021.[3] TheIntegrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP) announced November 2021,[4] calls for fullelectrification of the line and thus the station.
In late 2025 it was announced that the current station will close on 13 December 2025.[5]
Ravensthorpe station is unstaffed. The former station buildings, having been damaged by fire, were demolished and replaced with basic shelters. There are no facilities to purchase tickets and so passengers must purchase tickets on the train.
There are timetable posters and a telephone available to obtain train running information, along with a digital information screen on the eastbound (towards Leeds) platform, but not on the westbound platform (towards Huddersfield / Manchester. Step-free access is limited to the eastbound platform, as the westbound platform can only be reached by steps.[6]
Ravensthorpe is one of West Yorkshire's least used stations due to its relatively remote location, although it does also serve the nearby village ofThornhill.
Ravensthorpe is served each day (including Sundays) by an hourly combined TransPennine Express / Northern Trains service running betweenLeeds andHuddersfield.[7] This replaced the former local Transpennine-run Manchester to Leeds stopping service at the December 2024 timetable change. There are also a limited number of peak time calls (Monday to Saturday) on the hourly Wigan and Manchester Victoria to Leeds via Brighouse service.
The former Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds stopper no longer calls, as after Mirfield that service now goes to York via Wakefield Kirkgate and Castleford.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirfield | TransPennine Express North TransPennine (Manchester - Leeds) | Dewsbury | ||
| Mirfield | Northern Trains Wigan Wallgate - Leeds | Dewsbury |
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