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Bus replacement, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January

As part of a major resignalling upgrade, no trains will be running through Huddersfield this weekend, 20th & 21st January. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/latest-stage-of-signalling-upgrade-in-west-yorkshire-fast-approaching Bus replacement between Huddersfield and Stalybridge, link to timetable is https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-01/week-43/w4301a.pdf Travel onward from Huddersfield will also be by … Continue reading

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Strikes, Monday 8th, Wednesday 10th & Friday 12th January

Please see details about next weeks planned train strike (Mon 8th, Wed 10th, Fri 12th) https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/disruption-timetables/2018-01-08/Huddersfield—Stalybridge-buses.pdf Replacement buses between Stalybridge & Huddersfield, hourly but finish in early evening. Two months after asking, we still don’t know whether they call at … Continue reading

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“Rail operators promise big improvements for West Yorkshire in 2018”

Not sure that reducing the peak hour service at Marsden and Slaithwaite to satisfy a silly obsession with running lots of short trains between Leeds and Manchester counts as one of the improvements. [Article from the Yorkshire Evening Post,  30 … Continue reading

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Notes from Public meeting on November 22nd 2017 at Slaithwaite Civic Hall

SMART – Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport Public meeting on November 22nd 2017 at Slaithwaite Civic Hall   Present Over 80 members of the public attended The meeting was chaired by Cllr. Rob Walker.   Speakers: Pete Myers … Continue reading

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