after the Heaton Lodge - Thornhill section was quadrupled in 1884, and it was not until the LNWR opened an alternative Huddersfield to Leeds route at the turn of the century that the situation began to improve. To facilitate interchange, a new station was built to the east of the original; the contract for the station (excluding roof) was placed on 25 May 1864, the roof contract being placed on 26 April 1865. The new station centred on a large island platform with overall roof, and facilities included a hotel, buffet and billiard room; it opened on 5 March 1866. Today the station remains busy, despite the loss of the Spen Valley service to Bradford from 14 June 1965 and the links to Normanton and on 5 January 1970 (the line via also closed at the same time, but this reopened in 2000 for peak hour services). It has also lost its buildings to demolition (in the mid-1980s) and one of its four tracks but gained the aforementioned third platform as part of a set of capacity improvements in the late 1980s. Facilities The station is unstaffed and has a ticket machine available on the platform. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automated announcements provide train running information. Shelters are provided on each platform, but only platform 3 has step-free access (from the station car park). Access to the older island platform is via a subway with stairs up to platform level. Platform 3 is to be extended by December 2018 as part of a Network Rail plan to extend more than 100 platforms at 70 stations across the north of England. Services Northern Eastbound from Mirfield, an hourly service to Leeds and to . Westbound hourly to , with connecting services at Huddersfield to Bradford Interchange, , Liverpool Lime Street and . There is also an hourly daytime service to Manchester Victoria and via and - this was introduced as part of the December 2008 timetable alterations on the Calder Valley Line. There are no Northern services on a Sunday. TransPennine Express Since the May 2018 timetable change, TransPennine Express services now call here hourly each direction seven days per week. Eastbound trains serve most local stations to Leeds, whilst westbound trains call at Deighton and Huddersfield (direct services west of there ended at the December 2018 timetable change). Grand Central – West Riding The station sees a number