During the week 6 to 10 January 2025 there will be some significant changes from the published timetable, affecting Slaithwaite and Marsden.
There will be no train to Manchester Piccadilly at Slaithwaite 0804 & Marsden 0808. However, there will be one to Victoria at Slaithwaite 0743 & Marsden 0747. Some of the timings of other trains may change by a few minutes.
There also appear to be fewer trains, with nothing towards Huddersfield between about 0700 and 0800 from Marsden. There is no 1700 from Piccadilly this week, which is normally one of the busiest trains. TPE’s Managing Director has, on several occasions, publicly identified Manchester to Stalybridge at peak times as an overcrowding hotspot, so it’s astonishing that this should have been done seemingly without realising that (1) it makes an existing problem worse; (2) the passengers affected need to be forewarned.
There are also some fairly comprehensive daytime changes, with the daytime stopping service in both directions being on the opposite half hour from the published timetable.
These changes only appear in journey planners, so we recommend checking against a journey planner rather than getting a nasty surprise when the train you intended to catch ends up being retimed.
We have been prepared to credit TPE when they have got things right. On this occasion they have got things badly wrong.