page_title: Halifax, West Yorkshire
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Halifax, West Yorkshire / Transport
caption_attribution_description: Map of Halifax from 1954. Scale 1 inch to the mile 600DPI Sheet 102 "Huddersfield" series 7
context_page_description: Halifax is a historic market, mill and minster town in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. In the fifteenth century the town attracted fleeing cloth workers from the Spanish Netherlands who brought their state-of-the-art machinery with them and the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. From New Year's Day 1779 manufacturers and mercers dealt internationally in such articles through its grandiose square, the Piece Hall. Halifax is known for Mackintosh's chocolate and toffee products including Rolo and Quality Street. The Halifax Bank was founded and has large offices in the town. Dean Clough, one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than ¹⁄₂ mile long, is today a converted building for hotel, office and retail use including a gym, theatre, Travelodge and radio station, north of the town centre.
context_section_description: Public bus and train transportation in Halifax is managed and subsidised by West Yorkshire Metro. It was announced in January 2009 that Halifax was to have a direct rail link to London after a long campaign backed by many, including the local paper the Courier; the service began to run on 23 May 2010.
caption: A map of Halifax from 1954
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