Halifax train station

You can reach 69 stations directly from Halifax on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bradford Interchange, with 187 trains a day.

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Halifax is the nearest station for postcodes in HX3, HX1. Check your own postcode.

69 direct destinations
311th busiest in Britain
Staffed part time
Step-free throughout
32 parking spaces
8 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Halifax

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Bradford Interchange	187	186	124
Leeds	178	176	143
New Pudsey	144	143	116
Hebden Bridge	111	109	85
Bramley	108	107	61
Low Moor	79	80	37
Manchester Victoria	73	71	58
Rochdale	73	71	58
Todmorden	73	71	58
Garforth	64	0	0
Sowerby Bridge	46	44	84
Brighouse	39	41	35
Mytholmroyd	39	37	56
Mirfield	38	39	35
Micklefield	37	0	0
Accrington	36	36	27
Blackburn	36	36	27
Burnley Manchester Road	36	36	27
Cross Gates	36	0	0
Blackpool North	35	35	25
Poulton-le-Fylde	35	35	25
Preston	35	35	26
East Garforth	33	0	0
Selby	33	0	0
South Milford	33	0	0
Brough	32	0	0
Hull Paragon Interchange	32	0	0
York	32	0	0
Chester	31	29	0
Earlestown	31	29	0
Newton-le-Willows	31	29	0
Warrington Bank Quay	31	29	0
Batley	30	31	27
Church Fenton	30	0	0
Cottingley	30	31	27
Dewsbury	30	31	27
Morley	30	31	27
Kirkham and Wesham	25	26	1
Littleborough	11	10	31
Frodsham	10	9	0

and 29 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Halifax

Halifax is on the Caldervale Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Halifax station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Halifax station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy Halifax station is

1,803,018 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 311th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 55,050 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Halifax and Leeds than any other pair: 514,756 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.