Halifax railway 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.

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	213	119
Leeds	178	209	141
New Pudsey	144	145	115
Hebden Bridge	111	142	85
Bramley	108	107	60
Low Moor	79	72	30
Manchester Victoria	73	104	58
Rochdale	73	104	58
Todmorden	73	104	58
Garforth	64	0	0
Sowerby Bridge	46	77	84
Brighouse	39	33	27
Mytholmroyd	39	70	56
Mirfield	38	31	26
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	26
Poulton-le-Fylde	35	35	26
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	30	0
Earlestown	31	15	0
Newton-le-Willows	31	30	0
Warrington Bank Quay	31	30	0
Batley	30	31	26
Church Fenton	30	0	0
Cottingley	30	31	26
Dewsbury	30	31	26
Morley	30	31	26
Kirkham and Wesham	25	26	1
Littleborough	11	43	31
Frodsham	10	10	0

and 29 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Halifax 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 30 stations instead of 69, a drop of about 57%. Saturday runs to 57.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Halifax gains 1 destination including Deighton.

Nearest other stations

Sowerby Bridge 2.4 miles
Brighouse 3.4 miles
Low Moor 4.6 miles
Mytholmroyd 5.3 miles
Huddersfield 5.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Halifax, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

North Bridge · 0.5 miles
St Paul's · 1.2 miles
Pellon · 1.3 miles
Copley · 1.5 miles
Hipperholme · 1.5 miles
Ovenden · 1.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.