Editing Holmfirth (section)

==Transport==
===Railway===
{{Main|Holmfirth Branch Line}}

The nearest [[National Rail]] station is at {{rws|Brockholes}}, {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} away from the town centre. [[Northern Trains]] operates a regular service along the [[Penistone Line]] between {{rws|Huddersfield}}, {{rws|Barnsley}} and {{rws|Sheffield}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The town was previously served by [[Holmfirth railway station]], which was at the end of a short branch line, which diverged from the Penistone Line just south of [[Brockholes]]. A [[viaduct]] took the line across the valley and into [[Thongsbridge]] where [[Thongsbridge railway station|another station]] was sited. The line then went along the side of the valley coming to a halt just outside the town centre on Station Road. Plans did exist for the line to be extended up the valley and then tunnel under Black Hill to join the [[Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway|Woodhead line]] between {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} and {{rws|Sheffield Victoria}}. The line closed to passengers in 1959, with goods traffic lasting until 1965. Holmfirth's station building and platform still remain as a private house. Other sections of the line further down the valley have been sold off for private housing and the viaduct, crossing the valley from the A616 (New Mill Road), at Brockholes, over Spring Wood, has been demolished.

The station was presided over and maintained by a groundskeeper, Cecil Walker, between the years 1850 and 1879, when he retired and maintenance responsibilities were transferred to the council.

===Buses===
[[File:Holmbs 777.JPG|thumb|Holmfirth bus station]]

Holmfirth bus station is located in the centre of the town, from which regular services take varying routes around the outlying villages and to Huddersfield's bus and railway stations. Additional routes connect the town with [[Barnsley]], [[Sheffield]], [[Wakefield]], [[Denby Dale]], [[Penistone]], [[Slaithwaite]] and [[Honley]]. Limited services operate to [[Glossop]] in north [[Derbyshire]], and [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] and [[Uppermill]] in [[Greater Manchester]]. Services are operated by [[First Calderdale & Huddersfield]], [[Team Pennine]], Stott's Coaches and South Pennine Community Transport.<ref>{{cite web |title=Holmfirth Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/holmfirth |quote=}}</ref>