Mytholmroyd railway station

Mytholmroyd railway station serves the communities of Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Cragg Vale, and surrounding areas in West Yorkshire, England. It has disabled access via ramps instead of steps on both platforms,[1] unusually as the station is built on a viaduct. It lies on the Calder Valley Line operated by Northern and is situated 7.5 miles (12 km) west of Halifax and 25 miles (40 km) west of Leeds.

Mytholmroyd
Platform 2 at Mytholmroyd
Location	Mytholmroyd, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53.729120°N 1.981840°W
Grid reference	SE012258
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MYT
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 October 1840	Line opened
May 1847	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.165 million
2016/17	0.166 million
2017/18	0.172 million
2018/19	0.198 million
2019/20	0.202 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Old station building on New Road

Entrance to the station from below the viaduct

The Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) was opened in stages. The section between Normanton and Hebden Bridge was opened on 5 October 1840 and completed in 1841, without a station between Luddendenfoot and Hebden Bridge.[2]

The station was opened by the M&LR in May 1847;[3] within a few weeks of this, the company became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[4]

Facilities

The entrance to the station is by way of two long step-free paths from each side of the Mytholmroyd Viaduct. The original station building (as seen above) included a ticket office, as the main entrance to both platforms. The station building was later closed and tickets had to be purchased on the train but later sheltered ticket machines were installed on platform 2, payable by card. Northern's online 'click and collect' system Application, allows the user to purchase tickets, which are then collected on Platform 2. In October 2004, the first arch of the viaduct on the access ramp was cleaned, the path was extended and new fencing was installed. Two live information screens have been added showing the trains service, type and stops / calls. In 2013, a bicycle area was added at the top of one of the ramps, covered by CCTV.[1]

In August 2016, planning permission was granted to return the station into commercial use. The planning permission allowed for the floors to be ripped out and reinstated, fireplaces to be refurbished and floors / windows to be installed. The station partnership is currently looking for the community to develop a business plan to use the building for community use. Ideas raised include a 'Ted Hughes' museum, bar and cafe. There is an active station user group - Mytholmroyd Station Partnership, which has enhanced the station area with gardens, flower tubs and school art - including the Northern Mosaic by students from Calder High School.[5] A car park, at the top of platform 2 access road, which engineers use to get machinery onto the tracks in the area, will be completed as of Winter 2020 with near 200 spaces including e-car charging facilities as well as car club spaces and secure cycle lockers.

Services

Route 9: Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Burnley Manchester Road Todmorden Walsden Burnley Barracks Littleborough Burnley Central Smithy Bridge Brierfield Rochdale Nelson Manchester Victoria Colne Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Moss Side Blackpool North Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St. Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

Calderdale Lines
Past, present and future
to Bradford to Bradford Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Ovenden to Kirklees North Bridge Brighouse Hipperholme Pellon Elland Power Station Halifax St Pauls Elland Halifax Town South Parade Greetland Shaw Syke Rochdale Road Halt Copley West Vale Stainland and Holywell Green Sowerby Bridge Luddendenfoot Watson's Crossing Mytholmroyd Triangle to Burnley Ripponden and Barkisland Portsmouth Rishworth Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden to Rochdale

The station has seen its daytime service cut significantly at the winter 2019 timetable change, as the York to Blackpool service no longer calls here on weekdays. There are now two trains per hour each way, both running to Leeds eastbound (one via Bradford, the other via Brighouse) and Manchester Victoria westbound; the latter then continue to either Chester or Wigan Wallgate.[6]

On Sundays, the service is hourly and is provided by York to Blackpool North trains - Manchester-bound passengers must change at Hebden Bridge.

See also

• Listed buildings in Hebden Royd

References

1. Mytholmroyd station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
2. Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 166. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. Marshall 1969, p. 65
5. "Renovated murals back at railway station - Hebden Bridge Today". www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
6. Table 41 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

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