Category Archives: weekend rail services

Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport Update – September 2025 

We’re one week into the line closure – three weeks to go! Closures: Further detail can be on the SMART or TPE websites. All being well, things should be back to normal from Monday 29th September – though direct trains from Slaithwaite and Marsden to … Continue reading

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Weekend timetable changes, 5 to 27 July

Weekend bus replacement for the whole of July.

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Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport Update – May 2025 

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 

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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