Category Archives: SMART News

Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport Update – May 2025 

Posted on May 21, 2025 by admin

Thanks to everyone who spoke to us at the Slaithwaite Community Event on Saturday. Here are the latest updates from SMART. Transpennine Route Consultation and SMART Open Meeting: we have been informed that the Transpennine Route Upgrade team intend to consult … Continue reading →

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Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport Update – April 2025 

Posted on May 16, 2025 by admin

Station performance: Slaithwaite and Marsden stations continue to have the worst rail service based on punctuality and cancellations in the country by some measurements with them being 2,541st and 2,445th respectively out of 2,635 stations [Source: www.ontimetrains.co.uk]. This puts them both in the bottom 10%. Kirklees … Continue reading →

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SMART meeting, 31st January

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

As SHRUG and SMART have had meetings with Andy Burnham and are due to meet Rail North on the 17th of this month we thought it would be a good idea to hold a SMART meeting to feedback and update … Continue reading →

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SMART meeting, 20th September

Posted on September 12, 2017 by admin

The next SMART meeting  will be taking place at 19:00 on Wednesday 20th September 2017 at Slaithwaite Civic Hall Agenda will include feedback and responses from TPE  & Northern consultations on the May 2018 timetable, and report back on meeting … Continue reading →

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