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Brighouse railway station

Brighouse railway station serves the town of in , . The station lies on the Calder Valley line running west from . Opened in 1840, and closed in 1970, it reopened in 2000 and is served by Northern Trains and Grand Central services.
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Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “BGH”, “Brighouse”, “Brighouse Railway Station”, and “Brighouse Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brighouse Bridge and St John the Divine.

Bridge
Photo: Richard Kay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The crosses the River Calder in , , England. It was built in 1825 as part of the Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike. is situated 470 feet north of Brighouse railway station.

Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church, which is situated 470 feet west of Brighouse railway station.

Bridge
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crosses the River Calder in , , England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750. is situated 950 feet northwest of Brighouse railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brighouse and Rastrick.

Town
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is a town within the metropolitan borough of , in , England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles east of .

Village
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is a village and local government ward in the county of , England, between , 5 miles north-west and , 4 miles south.

Hamlet
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is a village in , England. It lies between the towns of and on the A6025. The Calder and Hebble Navigation and the River Calder runs through .

Brighouse railway station

Latitude
53.69817° or 53° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
-1.77934° or 1° 46′ 46″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Inception
May 28th, 2000
Operator
Northern Trains
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“BGH”
Open location code
9C5WM6XC+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3711588159
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6952141
Wiki­data ID
Q2368938
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Lithuanian—“Brighouse railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Brighouse”
  • Dutch: “Station Brighouse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بريجوس”
  • French: “gare de Brighouse”
  • French: “Gare de Brighouse”
  • Lithuanian: “Brighausas”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brighouse railway station”. Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.