Slaithwaite railway station

Slaithwaite
Platform 1
General information
Location	Slaithwaite, Kirklees England
Coordinates	53°37′26″N 1°52′53″W / 53.623800°N 1.881480°W / 53.623800; -1.881480
Grid reference	SE079141
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWT
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1849	Original station opened
7 October 1968	closed
13 December 1982	Present station opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.208 million
2019/20	0.226 million
2020/21	55,108
2021/22	0.186 million
2022/23	0.188 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Slaithwaite railway station serves the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles (6 km) west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria.

The station is situated between the centre of the town and the "Hill Top" residential area. The station has two platforms with a car park and bus stop at the approach to Platform 2. The current station was opened on 13 December 1982 by Metro (the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) and British Rail. The Huddersfield-bound platform is on the site of an earlier four platform station which opened in 1849 and closed on 7 October 1968.^[1] The current Stalybridge-bound platform is on the site of the old goods yard.

This station is operated by Northern Trains but Transpennine Express is the sole operator serving the station.