Category Archives: Slaithwaite

Re-franchising of Northern and TransPennine Express – Invitation to Tender published

Posted on March 6, 2015 by admin

The Department for Transport has now published their requirements for the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises in the form of Invitations To Tender. They have also published a Stakeholder Briefing Document, which summarises the responses received to the consultation and … Continue reading →

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Weather disruption: 28 January – 30 January 2015

Posted on January 28, 2015 by admin

Weather Warning : 28 January – 30 January 2015 28th January 2015 Customers are advised to check before they travel due to the weather warnings of potentially extreme conditions over the next few days. Reports of snow and high winds … Continue reading →

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New passenger information screens

Posted on January 12, 2015 by admin

Metro said that passenger information screens would be installed at Marsden and Slaithwaite during January and February 2015, and now it appears to be happening. Metro are providing the funding. This is the screen which has been erected on the … Continue reading →

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“10% rise in rail passenger numbers takes Huddersfield area past 8m journeys mark in last year”

Posted on December 6, 2014 by admin

In order to show, meaningfully, how recorded passenger numbers have changed over the years, we’ve done a helpful graph showing that numbers have more than doubled over 11 years. It’s a generally upward trend, except in 2012-13 where the lower … Continue reading →

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