Mytholmroyd railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mytholmroyd
Mytholmroyd
	Platform 2 at Mytholmroyd
General information
Location	Mytholmroyd, Calderdale; England
Coordinates	53°43′45″N 1°58′55″W / 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
2018/19	0.198 million
2019/20	0.202 million
2020/21	45,912
2021/22	0.136 million
2022/23	0.157 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

History

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

Northern Trains
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
					Low Moor
					Halifax
					Sowerby Bridge
					Mytholmroyd
					Hebden Bridge

					Manchester Victoria
					Moston
					Mills Hill
					Castleton
					Rochdale
					Smithy Bridge
					Littleborough
					Walsden
					Todmorden

					Colne
					Nelson
					Brierfield
					Burnley Central
					Burnley Barracks
					Burnley Manchester Road

					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
					Blackpool North

					Moss Side
					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

Legend

Past, present and future

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

Watson's Crossing Halt

to Burnley

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 Leeds to Chester via Manchester Victoria and York to Blackpool North trains both call hourly.

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Hebden Bridge		Northern Caldervale Line	Sowerby Bridge
	Historical railways
Hebden Bridge		L&YR Caldervale Line	Luddendenfoot

References

^ ^a ^b Mytholmroyd station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 166. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Marshall 1969, p. 65
^ "Renovated murals back at railway station - Hebden Bridge Today". www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
^ Table 37 National Rail timetable, May 2023