Category Archives: Slaithwaite

Upgrades across Pennines needed now (no use waiting decades for high speed)

Posted on February 26, 2020 by admin

[Press release issued by Halifax & District Rail Action Group, on behalf of Stalybridge to Huddersfield Rail Users’ Group (SHRUG) and others. SMART is part (one third, to be precise) of SHRUG)] Campaigners in West Yorkshire are extremely concerned about … Continue reading →

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Proposed Timetable Changes for May 2020

Posted on February 10, 2020 by admin

This is subject to all the usual caveats. Nothing becomes official until 12 weeks before the timetable change. An early edition of May 2020 timetable can be found at http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/timetables/May20/timetable.php?table=83 As expected there are few major changes – those took … Continue reading →

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First Month of the New Timetable

Posted on February 4, 2020 by admin

It’s now a bit more than a month into the new timetable, and how well has it worked? The actual timetable has good things which weren’t there before, such as a half hourly peak service with some of those trains … Continue reading →

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Performance, Summer 2018 to December 2019

Posted on December 22, 2019 by admin

Number of cancellations The high number of cancellations at the beginning coincides with the May 2018 timetable which fell apart on day 1 and never recovered. In December 2018, the splitting of the Manchester to Leeds stopping service at Huddersfield … Continue reading →

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