Brockholes railway station

Brockholes
General information
Location	Brockholes, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53°35′49″N 1°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
2018/19	56,236
2019/20	50,848
2020/21	10,216
2021/22	31,306
2022/23	34,750
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brockholes railway station serves the village of Brockholes, near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It lies 4.25 miles (7 km) away from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line operated by Northern Trains.

Trains passing between Brockholes and Shepley pass through a 1-mile (1.6 km) tunnel under Thurstonland.

Opened in July 1850 by the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (a satellite company of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway), the station was formerly the junction for the Holmfirth 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]