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	212	119
Leeds	178	209	142
New Pudsey	144	144	116
Hebden Bridge	111	142	85
Bramley	108	107	61
Manchester Victoria	73	104	58
Rochdale	73	104	58
Todmorden	73	104	58
Sowerby Bridge	46	77	84
Low Moor	79	72	30
Mytholmroyd	39	70	56
Garforth	64	68	28
Littleborough	11	43	31
Cross Gates	36	41	1
Micklefield	37	41	1
East Garforth	33	38	1
Smithy Bridge	6	38	0
Accrington	36	36	27
Blackburn	36	36	27
Burnley Manchester Road	36	36	27
Blackpool North	35	35	26
Poulton-le-Fylde	35	35	26
Preston	35	35	26
Walsden	4	35	0
York	32	35	28
Church Fenton	30	34	28
Selby	33	34	0
South Milford	33	34	0
Atherton	2	33	0
Brighouse	39	33	27
Brough	32	33	0
Daisy Hill	2	33	0
Hull Paragon Interchange	32	33	0
Salford Central	2	33	0
Salford Crescent	2	33	0
Swinton (Manchester)	2	33	0
Walkden	2	33	0
Hag Fold	2	32	0
Hindley	2	32	0
Ince	2	32	0

and 31 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: 36 stations instead of 69, a drop of about 48%. Saturday runs to 71.

Changing from 3 March 2027

From 3 March 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.