page_title: Huddersfield railway station
section_title: The station building
hierarchical_section_title: Huddersfield railway station / The station building
caption_attribution_description: English: Freemasons' circular regarding the laying of Huddersfield Station foundation stone by the Earl Fitzwilliam. The text in this image should be transcribed and included in the description on this page. See also &#123;&#123;Transcription&#125;&#125;. The Google OCR tool may be of use in transcribing images. català&#160;| Cymraeg&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| svenska&#160;| 中文&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
  The station is managed by TransPennine Express, which provides trains between Manchester and Liverpool in the North West and Newcastle and Middlesbrough in the North East and also to York, Scarborough and Hull via Leeds. It is also served by local Northern trains on the Huddersfield, Penistone and Caldervale lines, which between them provide service to Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Manchester Victoria, Sheffield, Brighouse, Halifax and Bradford Interchange.
  Huddersfield station is the second busiest station in West Yorkshire, with Leeds being the first.
context_section_description: Designed by the architect James Pigott Pritchett and built by the firm of Joseph Kaye in 1846–50 using the neo-classical style, the station is well known in architectural circles for its classical-style facade, with a portico of the Corinthian order, consisting of six columns in width and two in depth, which dominates St George's Square. It faces out towards Lion Buildings. It is a Grade I listed building. In the 1880s, the station was extended with the installation of an island platform with an overall roof. The roof partially collapsed on 10 August 1885, killing four people.
  The station frontage was described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid in England" and by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of the best early railway stations in England" and "the only important Victorian railway station [in the West Riding]". Similarly, Simon Jenkins reported it to be one of the best 100 stations in Britain.
  Two pubs are within the station frontage, to each side of the main entrance: The Head Of Steam and The King's Head (previously known as The Station Tavern). Both facilities are accessible from Platform 1. At the building's entrance, the booking office is to the left and to the right are the train timetables and a newsagent. Platforms 4 to 8 are located via a lift or subway, accessed from Platform 1.  The public conveniences are located through this subway at the top of the steps to Platforms 4–8. The platforms are all covered by a large canopy. To the rear of the station are some carriage sidings.
  The station is staffed 24 hours a day, with the booking office open from 05:45 to 20:00 Mondays to Saturdays and 07:45 to 20:00 on Sundays. There are also four self-service ticket machines available in the ticket hall for use when the booking office is closed or for collecting pre-paid tickets. Automated train announcements, customer help points and digital display screens provide train running information on all platforms. In addition to the aforementioned pubs, the station has a waiting room and buffet on platform 4 and a coffee kiosk on platform 1.
caption: Freemasons' circular, dated 25 September 1846, regarding attendance at the laying of the station's foundation stone by the Earl Fitzwilliam
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