Tag Archives: week-end rail services

Weekend timetable changes, 26th October to 7th December

Engineering work is taking place at Manchester Victoria on weekends from 26th October to 7th December. Stopping trains will run between Huddersfield and Stalybridge only, timings are unaltered so passengers travelling between Marsden, Slaithwaite & Huddersfield are unaffected. There’s a connecting … Continue reading →

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“Councillor hits out at rail line closure”

[from the Oldham Chronicle, 7th June 2013] Trains to be replaced by buses in run-up to Christmas Northern Rail is planning to close part of the busy line through Greenfield to Manchester Victoria over seven weekends in the run-up to … Continue reading →

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No trains next Sunday, probably

Next Sunday, 17th March, trains are replaced by buses, or at least we think they are.   The National Rail website refers only to engineering work between Manchester and Stalybridge, and to buses replacing trains between Victoria and Stalybridge, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday train services

Unless there’s been a change of plan at short notice without the need to tell anyone – not that anything like that has or could ever happen round here – Sunday trains return from 9th December 2012.

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