Station Usage Figures for Marsden & Slaithwaite, 2024-25

Posted on December 4, 2025 by admin

Station footfall data for the period April 2024 to March 2025 was published on 4th December at Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal

Passenger usage figures for Marsden and Slaithwaite are up by 35% and 28% respectively since last year. Part of this may be because there were fewer days of bus replacement in 2024-25 compared to the previous year (something which will not apply in 2025-26), but both are higher than pre-Covid levels.

Marsden’s 2024-25 figure of 220,584 passenger journeys is 17% above the previous highest figure in 2011-12.


Slaithwaite’s 2024-25 figure of 235,294 is also the highest since records were published.

SMART’s view is that this level of passenger usage amply justifies our aspiration for two stopping trains per hour throughout the day.

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Extra train stops for Marsden Jazz Festival

Posted on September 30, 2025 by admin

TransPennine Express will once again support the Marsden Jazz Festival by arranging for a number of services to call additionally at Marsden station during the festival weekend. Founded in 1992, Marsden Jazz Festival is one of the UK’s longest established jazz festivals. Each year, thousands of visitors travel by train, bus, car, and even narrowboat to experience the unique atmosphere the festival creates in the village. Over 60 volunteers support the event, which features a diverse line-up of musicians, from internationally acclaimed artists to talented local school bands and emerging talents.


To help festivalgoers travel more easily, TransPennine Express will be making additional stops at Marsden over the weekend. These are scheduled for:
• Friday 10th October: 17:30 – 22:00
• Saturday 11 October: 10:00 – 13:00 and 17:00 – 22:00
• Sunday 12 October: 10:00 – 13:00 and 17:00 – 22:00
Please go to Buy Train Tickets | Book Train Tickets | TransPennine Express for more information

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Weekend timetable changes, 4 & 5 October & weekday timetable changes 6 to 24 October

Posted on September 29, 2025 by admin

We know that we have only just come to the end of a month of bus replacement, but Huddersfield station and the route between Stalybridge and Deighton will be closed again next weekend (4/5 October) with bus replacement.

Then on weekdays from 6 to 24 October the route through Dewsbury will be closed, with trains to Leeds being diverted via Wakefield with changed and extended journey times.

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Huddersfield Station Closure and Rebuilding

Posted on September 29, 2025 by admin

The month long closure has come to an end, and Huddersfield station now has two through platforms plus the bay platform for the Penistone Line. The platforms have been renumbered, so the Penistone line platform is platform 1, the former platform 1 is platform 2, the former platform 4 is platform 3.

This will be the station layout for the next 14 months, until a further month long closure at the end of 2026 (exact dates to be confirmed). Meanwhile, the rest of the station (the former platforms 5-8 and beyond) will be rebuilt in a layout incorporating two through platforms and an east facing bay platform.

For the next 14 months, the additional peak stopping services from/to Manchester calling at Marsden and Slaithwaite will continue to/from Leeds. SMART would like through trains to Leeds to become a permanent feature of the timetable.

One service which will not operate for the next 14 months is the Huddersfield-Halifax-Bradford service. Any passengers from Huddersfield for Halifax and Bradford will need to use a replacement bus to Brighouse.

The service pattern for the next 14 months looks something like this.

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