Tag Archives: Slaithwaite

First Month of the New Timetable

It’s now a bit more than a month into the new timetable, and how well has it worked? The actual timetable has good things which weren’t there before, such as a half hourly peak service with some of those trains … Continue reading

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Performance, Summer 2018 to December 2019

Number of cancellations The high number of cancellations at the beginning coincides with the May 2018 timetable which fell apart on day 1 and never recovered. In December 2018, the splitting of the Manchester to Leeds stopping service at Huddersfield … Continue reading

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“Rail Services Cancelled As New Timetable Starts”

What ought to be a good news story in our area – the restoration of the half-hourly peak service at Slaithwaite & Marsden which existed from 1990 until May 2018 – turned into a farce by the inability of TransPennine … Continue reading

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New Timetable from 15th December 2019

The new timetable has now been published and Slaithwaite and Marsden will see significant improvements to peak train services in the December 2019 timetable. Since the May 2018 timetable fiasco SMART along with our colleagues from Mossley & Greenfield have … Continue reading

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