Category Archives: Marsden

Comments on operation of the new timetable from 20th May 2018

These are the comments that SMART sent to the Kirklees councillors on WYCA’s Transport Committee, in advance of their meeting on 6th July. Comments on operation of the new timetable from 20th May 2018 – Slaithwaite & Marsden Action on … Continue reading →

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Cause For Celebration

Congratulations to TPE on managing a whole day on 20th June without any cancellations affecting Slaithwaite & Marsden. We think this may be first day this has happened since the new timetable came in.

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A Month In, And It’s Still No Better

The timetable debacle (and just for the record it needs to be said that the service provided by TPE has been and still is every bit as bad as Northern) is a failure of management on a colossal scale. We … Continue reading →

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Marsden Platform 2

When SMART was consulted about the timetable changes we specifically asked whether westbound trains would be using platform two. It hadn’t been in the information supplied by the train companies, but we had been tipped off by a railway industry … Continue reading →

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