Halifax railway station

]] .]] The original station was built at Shaw Syke, approximately 500 yd south of the current location and opened on 1 July 1844 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway as the terminus of a branch off its main line from Manchester to Normanton. With the opening of the line between Halifax and Bradford on 7 August 1850, a new station was opened on the current site; this had temporary wooden buildings. The station at Shaw Syke was then extended and used as a goods depot The permanent buildings at the current site were designed by Thomas Butterworth and opened on 23 June 1855. This Grade II listed building housed the nursery associated with the Eureka! Children's Museum until its closure on 18…

at platform 1]] The station has a car park, bicycle parking and a pick up point, like many other stations. There is also a staffed ticket booth with option of paying for a ticket using a ticket machine. A lift to the platform is available for wheelchair users, but there are currently no lower counters for easier access to buy tickets. Entry to the station is via a cobbled road bridge from opposite the bottom of Horton Street.