Huddersfield

CRS Code	HUD
Collected date	18/05/10

I didn't expect much of Huddersfield - one of my favourite phrases is "better than a wet weekend in Huddersfield" - but I was pleasantly surprised when I emerged from the station to seee the grand station front and public square with fountains:

A long view of the station frontage from the south end:

At the south end of the frontage is one of the station's two pubs, the Head of Steam:

The roundel above the pub name reads "Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company":

At the other (north) end of the station frontage, looking at the central station building:

The north end of the station frontage:

A roundel above this end, too, this one reading "Huddersfield & Manchester Railway & Canal Company":

This end of the building holds a second pub, the King's Head:

Back at the centre of the frontage, a look at the columns:

And one of the ornate capitals:

The entrance:

The entrance leads into this ticket hall:

The ticket hall gives out onto platform 1:

Just north of the entrance a new lift was under construction, giving step free access to the subway which links the two sides of the station:

On platform 1, looking south. The entrance hall is just beyond the glazed lift in the middle distance:

From the very northern end of platform 1, looking south at the canopy covering the tracks:

Looking north along the line from the end of platform 1. The barrow crossing will presumably stop being necessary when the new lift is working:

Down at the other end of platform 1:

The station-side entrance of the "Head of Steam" pub, where we stopped for dinner one evening:

At the northern end of platform 1 is a bay platform, platform 2:

Looking north on platform 2, showing the wooden canopy:

A view of platform 2 from platform 4 opposite:

Steps just north of the new lift lead down into the subway:

The subway leads under the tracks and emerges on the island platform:

On platform 4 (well platform 4b, since it is subdivided), looking south:

At the southern end of platform 4, looking north into the trainshed:

Between platform 4 and the track which leads to platform 8 is this shrubbery:

From the other angle it looks very much like it was once a platform and has been filled in:

And at its very southern end there's some platform edging. Perhaps this was once a platform 7?

The station building on platform 4:

At the north end of platform 4 are the bay platforms 5 and 6:

The bay platform 6, adjacent to platform 8 on the right:

On platform 8, looking north:

Under the canopy on platform 8:

At the southern end of platform 8 is this Network Rail signalbox:

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