Residents have expressed frustration with commuters parking outside their homes while a train station car park is closed.

Brighouse residents have witnessed cars parked on pavements, buses struggling to get through, and cars left outside their homes while commuters have been unable to park at Brighouse Train Station recently.

The car park has been closed since September 18, which is the third closure over the last year while it is used as a road/rail interchange point to allow passengers to use rail replacement buses to Huddersfield while Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) works take place in Huddersfield.

The car park will reopen on Tuesday (October 6), but for residents living on or around Gooder Lane, the problem has gone “far beyond an inconvenience.”

Residents living near to the station, including on Gooder Lane, have expressed frustration with commuters parking outside their homes. Picture: Google

placeholder image — Residents living near to the station, including on Gooder Lane, have expressed frustration with commuters parking outside their homes. Picture: Google

Paul Lambert, a Brighouse resident, said commuters are instead parking on residential roads, and in some cases on pavements, forcing pushchair and wheelchair users out into the road.

Mr Lambert said he has witnessed buses struggling to get through the road, and questioned what would happen if an emergency vehicle needed to get through in those situations.

Mr Lambert questioned why “the burden of accommodating commuters during the works appears to have been placed so heavily on the surrounding residential streets,” and called for a residents’ permit scheme to be introduced on Gooder Lane and the surrounding roads.

Rail operator Northern said that it has advised passengers to use the short-stay parking bays on Railway Street as a temporary drop off and pick up point while the car park is closed, and to use alternative parking, such as the Daisy Street car park.

Brighouse Station's car park has been closed to the public since September 18 and will reopen on October 6. It is the third time this year it has been temporarily closed.

Joe Munro, TRU Customer Lead for Northern, said: “Brighouse Railway station car park is currently closed to customers, except for blue badge holders.

“This is to safely facilitate a road/rail interchange point allowing rail users to access rail replacement bus services to Huddersfield whilst Transpennine Route Upgrade works take place in the Huddersfield area.

“As part of our plan to use the station car park, we have employed a traffic management company to manage buses entering and leaving the station car park and to ensure that there’s no parking or drop-offs on Birds Royd Lane, outside the station to minimise congestion.

“Signage is in place to direct customers to the short-stay parking bays on Railway Street as a temporary drop off and pick up point.

“Customers have also been advised to use alternative parking in Brighouse, such as the Daisy Street car park.

“This is the third time Brighouse station has been used in this way over the last year. As an industry, we have worked closely with local stakeholders, such as Calderdale Council, to monitor how we manage operations.

“However, we always review how we can improve what is being delivered for our customers and to minimise the impact on local communities.”