For passengers travelling to Leeds on weekdays during May, advance notice of closures due to TRU construction work. Getting to Leeds will involve a replacement bus between Huddersfield and Brighouse, with extended journey times. Here’s a helpful plan.
On weekdays trains will run through to Huddersfield from Manchester and Sheffield. At weekends trains from Manchester will only run as far as Marsden (and trains from Sheffield only as far as Lockwood), with replacement bus onward.
To clear up any possible confusion from the plan above, the replacement buses between Huddersfield and Wakefield Kirkgate will call at Deighton and Mirfield, but not at Dewsbury.
Brighouse station car park will be closed, and turned into a bus interchange. Whilst it is stated that alternative long stay parking is available in Brighouse, this coincides with Calderdale Council putting parking charges up, and Daisy Street car park being partially closed.
If only someone could have had the bright idea of building a new station at Elland, with bus/rail interchange planned into the design……..
For amended timings use journey planners linked from the National Rail, TPE or TRU websites.
Direct rail replacement buses will operate between Brighouse and Marsden via Slaithwaite on Mondays to Fridays, 4th to 22nd May: (will only operate between 06:00 and 09:00 and between 16:00 and 19:00)
Morning peak buses leave Marsden – 06:25, 07:25 and 08:25
Evening peak buses leave Brighouse – 16:00, 17:00, 18:00 and 19:00
Rail replacement pick up points in Marsden are located at the Peel Street bus stops on Manchester Road – towards Slaithwaite/Brighouse bus stop ID 45019367. What3words – towards Slaithwaite/Brighouse – ranch.coconuts.excavated
Rail replacement buses pickup/drop off in Slaithwaite at the bus stops on the A62 (bus stop 45019392 Outside The Star for Brighouse & bus stop 45019391 on the opposite side for Marsden).What3words – Towards Marsden – hiked.streamers.decently & towards Brighouse mystified.painting.octagonal
Note: some of these service get overtaken by a combination of train to Huddersfield then bus to Brighouse.
There will be a different set of weekday closures during June (Dewsbury to Leeds closed, diversion via Wakefield Kirkgate).