Tag Archives: Slaithwaite

“Huddersfield train users face massive disruption as £20m rail revamp set to start”

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

    [from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner 3rd September 2012] A MASSIVE upgrade to the rail network will disrupt 270,000 passenger journeys across the Pennines next month. Rail operators First Transpennine Express are suspending their services from Huddersfield to Manchester … Continue reading →

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“Calling time on the ale train louts”

Posted on August 23, 2012 by admin

(from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, August 23rd 2012) CALL it a victim of its own success or a sign of the times. Either way, an idea designed to promote real ale pubs and to support hard pressed licensees has backfired … Continue reading →

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Railplan 7 to be amended to include Marsden & Slaithwaite

Posted on August 6, 2012 by admin

Metro have now set out (in summary) their proposed changes to Railplan 7 in response to public consultation. Regular readers may recall that for some reason which is not altogether clear, data and proposals about the train service at Slaithwaite … Continue reading →

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“Multi-million pound investment planned for Huddersfield Railway Station”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 18th July 2012 HUDDERSFIELD Railway Station is in line for a major expansion – as villagers step up their campaign for a new stop in the Colne Valley. Transport secretary Justine Greening announced that the … Continue reading →

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