Lockwood railway station

Not to be confused with Locwood stop.

Lockwood railway station is a railway station in Huddersfield, England. It is situated 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Huddersfield station on the Penistone Line between Huddersfield and Sheffield. It serves the Lockwood district of Huddersfield, and services are provided by Northern.

Lockwood
Station entrance from Swan Lane in 2010
General information
Location	Lockwood, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53.634790°N 1.800800°W / 53.634790; -1.800800
Grid reference	SE132153
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LCK
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 July 1850[1]
Passengers
2018/19	40,006
2019/20	37,986
2020/21	17,402
2021/22	32,398
2022/23	36,012
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 To Penistone Skelmanthorpe Cuckoos Nest Clayton West

The station comprises a single side platform alongside the single-line of the railway, although the remains of a second platform alongside the site of the former second track (removed in 1989) are still visible.

To the south of the station, the line to Sheffield passes over the valley of the River Holme by an impressive 476 yards (435 m) long stone viaduct to Berry Brow. Below the 122 feet (37 m) high structure is the Huddersfield Rugby Union Club ground at Lockwood Park, which was formerly a Bass Brewery. The former Meltham branch line branched off the main line just before the viaduct. This line closed to passengers in 1949 and to freight in 1965. To the north, the route passes through a short tunnel then crosses another large viaduct across the River Colne before joining the main line at Springwood Junction.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has a basic shelter on its single active platform; all tickets must be bought on the train or in advance, as there is no ticket machine. A help point and digital information screen are provided to offer train running information. Step-free access is via a ramp from the station car park.^[2]

Services

All services to the station are operated by Northern Trains. There is an hourly service in both directions on Monday to Saturdays and on Sundays also (though starting later in the morning).^[3]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Berry Brow		Northern Trains Penistone Line		Huddersfield
	Disused railways
Netherton Line and station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Meltham branch line		Huddersfield Line and station open

Accidents and incidents

• On 28 October 1913, a freight train became divided. The rear portion ran away and was derailed at the station.^[4]
• In 1952, a rake of wagons ran away and was derailed by trap points at the station.^[5]
• On 28 June 1958, a rake of four carriages ran away and were derailed by trap points at the station, crashing into the booking office.^[6]

Gallery

• 
  View looking north from platform
• 
  View looking south from platform
• 
  The station exit
• 
  Viaduct over the Holme valley

References

1. Bairstow, Martin (1993). The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-08-2.
2. Lockwood station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 16 January 2017
3. Table 34 National Rail timetable, December 2019
4. Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 14. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.
5. Earnshaw, Alan (1993). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 25. ISBN 0-906899-52-4.
6. Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-906899-50-8.

External links

• Media related to Lockwood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Lockwood railway station from National Rail
• Map sources for Lockwood railway station