Category Archives: Slaithwaite

Replacement bus services, Sundays from 16th September

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

There will be no Sunday trains at Slaithwaite and Marsden from 16th September. There are posters on the stations giving this information, but if you’ve gone down to either Marsden or Slaithwaite stations, then you’re already in the wrong place … Continue reading →

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“Huddersfield train users face massive disruption as £20m rail revamp set to start”

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

    [from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner 3rd September 2012] A MASSIVE upgrade to the rail network will disrupt 270,000 passenger journeys across the Pennines next month. Rail operators First Transpennine Express are suspending their services from Huddersfield to Manchester … Continue reading →

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“Calling time on the ale train louts”

Posted on August 23, 2012 by admin

(from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, August 23rd 2012) CALL it a victim of its own success or a sign of the times. Either way, an idea designed to promote real ale pubs and to support hard pressed licensees has backfired … Continue reading →

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Railplan 7 to be amended to include Marsden & Slaithwaite

Posted on August 6, 2012 by admin

Metro have now set out (in summary) their proposed changes to Railplan 7 in response to public consultation. Regular readers may recall that for some reason which is not altogether clear, data and proposals about the train service at Slaithwaite … Continue reading →

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