The following formed part of a message from David Stopher of METRO about local trains over the week-ends for the next three months. Please read carefully:………..
All day Saturdays and until 1500 Sundays 16/17, 23/24 October 2010 theline will be blocked between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria. Until1930 on Saturdays 16, 23 October 2010 Huddersfield – Manchester Victoria trains will terminate at and start from Stalybridge with a half hourly bus service between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria serving Ashton-u-Lyne. Liverpool – Stalybridge trains will terminate at and start from Manchester Victoria. Additional Stalybridge calls will be made in First Trans-Pennine Express Hull trains. From 1930 Huddersfield –Manchester Victoria trains will be diverted to run to and from Manchester Piccadilly with connecting buses between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria serving Ashton-u-Lyne.
Until 1500 on Sundays 17, 24 October 2010 replacement buses are already timetabled to run between Huddersfield and Stalybridge. These will be extended to run to and from Manchester Victoria calling at Ashton-u-Lyne replacing the train service. From 1500 Huddersfield – Manchester Victoria trains will be diverted to run to and from Manchester Piccadilly with connecting buses between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria serving Ashton-u-Lyne. Alternate trains from Manchester Piccadilly will run into the bay platform at Stalybridge, shunt to platform 1 and restart as a separate train to Huddersfield.
Until 1500 on Sundays until 5 December 2010 replacement buses are already timetabled to run between Huddersfield and Stalybridge. On Sundays 14, 21 November 2010 these will be extended to run to and from Manchester Victoria calling at Ashton-u-Lyne replacing the train service. From 1500 Huddersfield – Manchester Victoria trains will be diverted to run to and from Manchester Piccadilly with connecting buses between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria serving Ashton-u-Lyne. Alternate trains from Manchester Piccadilly will run into the bay platform at Stalybridge, shunt to platform 1 and restart as a separate train to Huddersfield.