Planning applications submitted to extend platforms at Slaithwaite and Marsden
As part of the timetable changes (the planning application describes these as “improvements”) to be introduced in Winter 2018/9 Northern are seeking to increase the number of coaches on local services to two sets of class 150 diesel multiple units. None are long enough to accommodate four-coach trains along the route and to cater for this increased length of train it is necessary to lengthen the current platforms.
At Slaithwaite the westbound platform will be extended at its western end (i.e. towards Marsden) by 39 metres; the eastbound platform will be extended at its eastern end (i.e. towards Huddersfield) by 39.1 metres.
At Marsden it is proposed to extend each platform. Platform One will be extended at its eastern end (i.e. towards Huddersfield) by 24 metres; platform 2 will be extended by 10.6 metres at its western end (i.e. towards the Tunnel) and platform 3 will be extended at its eastern end by 48 metres.
UPDATE, 29/03/2018: From our discussions with TPE, we are expecting the platform extensions at Slaithwaite to be done first, with Marsden to follow later in the year.