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“Train information now in real time for journey planners”

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

Those frustrating times spent standing on a railway station platform watching as your “delayed” train suddenly disappears from the departure board without warning may be coming to a rather welcome end. By 2015 the UK’s National Rail Enquiries (NRE) service … Continue reading →

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“Real Ale trail has become ‘a monster’ according to CAMRA expert Bob Tomlinson”

Posted on April 4, 2013 by admin

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 4th April 2013] A BEER expert has labelled the Transpennine Real Ale Trail as “a  monster”. Writing in the latest edition of Ale Talk, the real ale magazine of   Huddersfield Camra, editor Bob Tomlinson … Continue reading →

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Next meeting of SHRUG

Posted on April 1, 2013 by admin

The next meeting of SHRUG  will be at the Commercial, Slaithwaite (upstairs meeting room) at 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 24th April, 2013. This will include a report back from the recent meeting with TfGM (Transport for Greater Manchester) officers.

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“Hopes for New Valley Station”

Posted on March 30, 2013 by admin

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 30th March 2013] Last day of former Slaithwaite Station in  1968 THIS week has marked 50 years since the Beeching Report led to rural  train stations shutting. Local railway expert Prof Paul Salveson tells ANDREW … Continue reading →

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