Railway Station, was founded in 2010, to improve the station's environs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic the Jubilee Refreshment rooms has been closed and, as of August 2022, there has not been mention of a re-opening date. Accidents and incidents On 22 October 1903, an express passenger train was in collision with a light engine due to a signalman's error. Another passenger train collided with the wreckage at low speed. One person was killed. On 13 January 1963, a diesel train working from to Liverpool caught fire as it entered the tunnel to the west of the station. The 70 passengers de-trained and walked back through the railway to the station. Although the last coach was on fire and the passengers evacuated past the blazing coach, there were no casualties. Services The station now has a twice hourly basic service on weekdays and Saturdays. Eastbound trains run to Leeds via Bradford and via Dewsbury (hourly to each, plus a few peak extras). Westbound there are two trains per hour to Manchester Victoria, one of which continues to and the other to . Weekday service to Chester service via began at the May 2019 timetable change. The York to service that previously stopped here all week now only does so on Monday-Saturday evening peak services and Sundays, which has led to complaints from the local rail user group with regard to the reduction in service levels. Sundays see an hourly service each way between York and Blackpool North trains (as noted above) and an hourly service between Leeds and Manchester Victoria. All these service go via Halifax and Bradford Interchange, there are no services from Sowerby Bridge via Dewsbury on a Sunday. Route At Milner Royd Junction, approximately a quarter of a mile to the east of the lines to Halifax and Brighouse diverge. Immediately east of the station, the dismantled branch line to Ripponden and Rishworth diverged to the southwest, until its closure in 1958. This had at one time its own separate wooden platform south of the main station and linked to it by a short footpath. Gallery References External links Milner Royd Junction Railway stations in Calderdale DfT Category F1 stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1876 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876 Northern franchise railway stations Sowerby Bridge