Category Archives: timetable changes

New Timetable, ten days in

So, ten days of the new timetable, and it was to be hoped that it would have settled down by now, and that TPE and Northern would be operating a service similar to the one in the published timetable. It … Continue reading

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Travelling from Slaithwaite to Sheffield?

The new timetable changes are creating some fare anomalies. Anyone travelling from Slaithwaite to Barnsley or Sheffield would, until the timetable change, have changed at Huddersfield on to a Penistone line train. Off-peak return cost to Sheffield £10.60. National Rail’s … Continue reading

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New Timetable, Day Three

Yesterday’s posting was quoted at length in the Examiner, and now we feel under pressure to write something about today so as to help them fill their newspaper with things other than the random musings of that weatherman of theirs. … Continue reading

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New Timetable Starts Badly

Well, the new timetable has been in place for less than two days now, and it’s not been an auspicious start. Sunday 20th saw multiple cancellations of trains serving Marsden and Slaithwaite, including a three hour gap in the service … Continue reading

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