Halifax bus station
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Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax
, West Yorkshire
, England
. The bus station is owned and managed by Metro (WYPTE)
. The bus station was opened in 1989 and is made of up 4 large islands (A, B, C and D) with 20 stands in total. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate and Wade Street. Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth
and Mixenden
plus some Halifax Joint Committee and TJ Walsh services do not serve the bus station and use stops in the town centre.
, Arriva Yorkshire
, Halifax Joint Committee, TJ Walsh and Centrebus Holdings
, who operate as Huddersfield Bus Company, K-Line and Centrebus.
Buses run from the bus station to several destinations in the Calderdale
area, such as Barkisland
, Bradshaw, Brighouse
, Copley
, Elland
, Greetland
, Hebden Bridge
, Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram
, Ripponden
, Rishworth, Southowram
, Sowerby Bridge
, Sowerby
, Stainland
, Todmorden
and West Vale
. Buses also travel to destinations outside the local area, reaching Bradford
, Burnley
, Dewsbury
, Huddersfield
, Keighley
, Leeds
, Rochdale
, Wakefield
and White Rose Centre
.
The bus services that use Halifax Bus Station and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
Notes:
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The bus station is owned and managed by Metro (WYPTE)
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive is the Passenger Transport Executive for the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the executive arm of the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority and was originally formed on 1 April 1974 as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport...
. The bus station was opened in 1989 and is made of up 4 large islands (A, B, C and D) with 20 stands in total. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate and Wade Street. Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth
Illingworth, West Yorkshire
Illingworth is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is situated north-west of Halifax.The village of Illingworth has competitive sports teams within the area including Crossleys Juniors , Illingworth C.C. and Illingworth A.R.L.F.C...
and Mixenden
Mixenden
Mixenden is a village in Calderdale, on the outskirts of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It had a bad reputation during the 1970s...
plus some Halifax Joint Committee and TJ Walsh services do not serve the bus station and use stops in the town centre.
Services
The main operators that use the station are First West YorkshireFirst West Yorkshire
First West Yorkshire is the trading name of the four First bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
, Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva Yorkshire is a division of Arriva which operates bus services around West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and the southern areas of North Yorkshire in England.-History:Arriva Yorkshire was formed as a combination of mergers of previous...
, Halifax Joint Committee, TJ Walsh and Centrebus Holdings
Centrebus Holdings
Centrebus Holdings is a bus company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It is a partnership between Arriva and Centrebus, created in May 2008 to purchase both K-Line Travel and Stagecoach Yorkshire's Huddersfield operations.-Stagecoach:...
, who operate as Huddersfield Bus Company, K-Line and Centrebus.
Buses run from the bus station to several destinations in the Calderdale
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
area, such as Barkisland
Barkisland
Barkisland is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is east of Ripponden, south of Sowerby Bridge and south-west of Halifax town centre.-Location:...
, Bradshaw, Brighouse
Brighouse
Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...
, Copley
Copley, West Yorkshire
Copley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax and east of Sowerby Bridge, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. It is known locally for the odour from the sewage works.-History:It is the site of a...
, Elland
Elland
Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The area of Elland was called Elant in the Domesday Book...
, Greetland
Greetland
Greetland is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is located west of nearby Elland and south of Halifax.-Local history:The village may have been the site of a Roman settlement named Cambodunum...
, Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and lies 8 miles west of Halifax and 14 miles north east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and the River Hebden .A 2004 profile of...
, Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram
Northowram
Northowram is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England that stands to the east of Halifax on the north side of Shibden valley. Southowram stands on the southern side of the valley....
, Ripponden
Ripponden
Ripponden is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax, on the River Ryburn. It is the site of a Roman settlement, and there is a Roman Road over nearby Blackstone Edge, a rocky ridge of Millstone Grit...
, Rishworth, Southowram
Southowram
Southowram is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England that stands on the hill top to the east of Halifax, on the south side of Shibden valley. It is a small Pennine village with outlying regions of Bank Top, Brookfoot and Siddal...
, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge is a market town that lies within the Upper Calder Valley in the district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, in northern England.-Geography:Sowerby Bridge is situated on the edge of Halifax, about three miles from its centre...
, Sowerby
Sowerby, West Yorkshire
Sowerby is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies amongst the Pennines, contiguous with Sowerby Bridge, west-southwest of Halifax and west-northwest of Huddersfield....
, Stainland
Stainland
Stainland is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, some south of Halifax, north-west of Huddersfield and west of Elland.-History:...
, Todmorden
Todmorden
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
and West Vale
West Vale
West Vale is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Halifax, west of Elland and north-west of Huddersfield.-Location:...
. Buses also travel to destinations outside the local area, reaching Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, Burnley
Burnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
, Dewsbury
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds...
, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, Keighley
Keighley
Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...
, Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
and White Rose Centre
White Rose Centre
The White Rose Centre is a shopping centre in the Churwell area of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It spans two floors and is linked to the M621 motorway. It takes its name from the White Rose of York, the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. The Upper Level houses the Centre's 'Upper...
.
The bus services that use Halifax Bus Station and its Stand Letter are:
(Places in bold are where services terminate)
| No. | Operator | Route | Stand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday daytime | Evenings and Sundays | |||
| 36 | Centrebus | Rye Lane via Pellon | C3 | Service 535 |
| 226 | First West Yorkshire | Norwood Green via Hipperholme | D11 | - |
| 255 | Arriva Yorkshire | Leeds City Bus Station via Wyke, Scholes and Cleckheaton | B4 | |
| 278 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Elland, Brighouse, Mirfield and Dewsbury | A1 | |
| 343 | K-Line | Huddersfield via Greetland, Elland, Blackley and Lindley | B4 | Services 501, 557, 559 |
| 392 | Halifax Joint Committee | Hebden Bridge via Luddenden Foot | C23 | Services 590, 592, 594 |
| 501 | First West Yorkshire | Huddersfield via West Vale, Elland and Lindley | Services 343, 503 | B1 |
| 502 | First West Yorkshire | Keighley via Denholme and Cullingworth | C34 | C35 |
| 503 | First West Yorkshire | Huddersfield via West Vale, Elland and Ainley Top | B1 | |
| 504 | TJ Walsh | Denholme via Bradshaw | A6 | Service 502 |
| 505 | First West Yorkshire | Four Lane Ends (Bradford) via Illingworth and Thornton | C36 | - |
| 508 | First West Yorkshire | Leeds City Bus Station via Shelf, Odsal and Stanningley | B3 | |
| 512 | First West Yorkshire | Mixenden via Mount Tabor and Wainstalls | C4 | |
| 517 | First West Yorkshire | Burnley via Hebden Bridge | C27 | - |
| 528 | Centrebus | Rochdale via Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden and Littleborough | A5 | |
| 531 | Centrebus | Ripponden via Copley, Sowerby Bridge and Mill Bank | C3 | |
| 534 | Centrebus | Northowram | C4 | C45 |
| 535 | First West Yorkshire | Rye Lane via Pellon | Service 36 | C3 |
| 536 | Huddersfield Bus Company | Hudderfield via West Vale, Stainland and Outlane | Services 537/539 | B2 |
| 537 | First West Yorkshire | Hudderfield via Elland, Stainland and Outlane | B2 | - |
| Huddersfield Bus Company | - | B2 | ||
| 539 | First West Yorkshire | Shelf via Bradshaw, Queensbury and Hungerhill | A6 | |
| Stainland via West Vale | B2 | Service 536 | ||
| Centrebus | B27 | Service 536 | ||
| 541 | First West Yorkshire | Siddal | A48 | A4 |
| Norton Tower | D28 | D2 | ||
| 542 | First West Yorkshire | Siddal | Stops on Market Street | A4 |
| Norton Tower | Stops on Market Street | D2 | ||
| 546 | First West Yorkshire | Siddal | A4 | Services 541/542 |
| Newlands via Warley | Stops on Market Street | D2 | ||
| 548 | First West Yorkshire | Nunnery Lane via Hipperholme and Brighouse | D1 | Service 549 |
| 549 | First West Yorkshire | Huddersfield via Hipperholme, Brighouse, Nunnery Lane and Rastrick | D1 | |
| 553 | Centrebus | Fountainhead Village via Pellon | C4 | - |
| 554 | Centrebus | Wainstalls via Pellon | C4 | - |
| First West Yorkshire | - | C49 | ||
| 557 | Centrebus | Ripponden via Barkisland (evening journeys continue to Rishworth and Commons) | B2 | |
| 559 | Centrebus | Dean Head via Barkisland | B2 | |
| 560 | First West Yorkshire Centrebus |
Commons via Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden and Rishworth | A5 | A55 |
| 570 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Elland, Brighouse, Hipperholme and Shelf | B4 | - |
| 571 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Southowram, Brighouse, Hipperholme and Shelf | B4 | |
| 572 | Centrebus | Southowram | B4 | B410 |
| 574 | Centrebus | Midgley via Sowerby Bridge and Booth | A6 | |
| 576 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Queensbury | C1 | |
| 577 | Centrebus | Hubberton via Sowerby Bridge and Sowerby | A5 | |
| 579 | First West Yorkshire Centrebus |
Sowerby via Sowerby Bridge | A4 | |
| 590 | First West Yorkshire | Rochdale via Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Walsden and Littleborough | C2 | |
| 591 | First West Yorkshire | Heptonstall via Hebden Bridge | C2 | Services 590, 592, 594 to Hebden Bridge |
| 592 | First West Yorkshire | Burnley via Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Portsmouth | C2 | |
| 593 | First West Yorkshire | Old Town via Hebden Bridge | C2 | C211 |
| 594 | First West Yorkshire | Todmorden via Hebden Bridge | C2 | |
| 681 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Northowram, Shelf and Odsal | B3 | Service 682 |
| 682 | First West Yorkshire | Fagley via Northowram, Shelf, Woodside, Odsal and Bradford | Service 681 to Bradford | B3 |
| 832 | Centrebus | West End via Washer Lane | A6 | - |
| C68 | Halifax Joint Committee | Sainsbury's Free Bus | A1 | - |
| X8 | First West Yorkshire | Leeds City Bus Station via Shelf, Odsal and Stanningley | B36 | Service 508 |
| X80 | First West Yorkshire | White Rose Centre via Elland, Brighouse and M62 motorway | A1 | - |
Notes:
| 1 | Weekday daytime only |
|---|---|
| 2 | Monday, Wednesday and Friday daytime only |
| 3 | Schooldays only |
| 4 | One weekday morning journey to Causeway Foot |
| 5 | Sunday daytime only |
| 6 | One weekday journey only |
| 7 | Saturdays only |
| 8 | Early mornings only |
| 9 | Sundays only |
| 10 | One evening journey only |
| 11 | Summer Sunday daytime to Hebden Bridge only |