Brighouse railway station
Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England. The station lies on the Calder Valley line running west from Leeds. Opened in 1840, and closed in 1970, it reopened in 2000 and is served by Northern Trains, TransPennine Express and Grand Central services.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “BGH”, “Brighouse”, “Brighouse Railway Station”, and “Brighouse Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John the Divine and Brighouse Bridge.
St John the Divine
Church
St John the Divine is a church, which is situated 470 feet west of Brighouse railway station.
Brighouse Bridge
Bridge
The Brighouse Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1825 as part of the Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike. Brighouse Bridge is situated 470 feet north of Brighouse railway station.
Rastrick Bridge
Bridge
Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750. Rastrick Bridge is situated 950 feet northwest of Brighouse railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighouse and Rastrick.
Brighouse
Town
Brighouse is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles east of Halifax.
Rastrick
Village
Rastrick is a village and local government ward in the county of West Yorkshire, England, between Halifax, 5 miles north-west and Huddersfield, 4 miles south.
Brookfoot
Hamlet
Brookfoot is a village in Calderdale West Yorkshire, England. It lies between the towns of Elland and Brighouse on the A6025. The Calder and Hebble Navigation and the River Calder runs through Brookfoot.
Brighouse railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Network
Abbreviation
“BGH”
Open location code
9C5WM6XC+77
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Brighouse railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Brighouse”
- Dutch: “Station Brighouse”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بريجوس”
- French: “Brighouse”
- French: “gare de Brighouse”
- French: “Gare de Brighouse”
- Lithuanian: “Brighausas”
- Urdu: “برگ ہاؤس ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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