{"id":1985,"date":"2019-09-22T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2019-09-22T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:53:05","slug":"december-2019-timetable-to-restore-a-half-hourly-peak-service-at-slaithwaite-marsden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1985","title":{"rendered":"December 2019 Timetable to restore a half-hourly peak service at Slaithwaite &#038; Marsden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trans-Pennine Express Train Changes\nfor Slaithwaite &amp; Marsden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slaithwaite and Marsden will see significant improvements to peak train services in the December 2019 timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the new\nfranchise was up for renewal Slaithwaite and Marsden Action on Rail Transport (SMART)\nhad frequent meetings with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), West\nYorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) as well as the prospective franchisees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst we\nhad concerns about the proposed service pattern from May 2018, we did not\nanticipate quite how bad things would become. Little did we or anyone else expect\nchaos on the scale that occurred following the May 2018 timetable change or the\ndeterioration in the train service at Slaithwaite &amp; Marsden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the\nseven months of the May 2018 timetable Slaithwaite had the unenviable distinction\nof being by far the worst station in the entire country for delays and cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u2018We were going backwards not forwards\u2019 said Councillor Rob Walker,  Chair of SMART. \u2018In May 2018 we lost the half hourly peak service to and from Manchester Victoria which we had enjoyed since 1990 and the easy cross-platform connection at Stalybridge to the alternative Manchester destination. The only gains were the much improved TPE rolling stock and through trains to Leeds, though these were largely negated by the high level of cancellations.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then SMART\nalong with our colleagues from Mossley &amp; Greenfield have met with TfGM,\nWYCA, Transport for the North (TfN), TransPennine-Express and Greater\nManchester Mayor Andy Burnham, and took our concerns direct to the then\nSecretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TPE and TfN\nhave listened to our concerns, and understood why things needed to change, and\nthe result is a new timetable from December 2019 which will deliver:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An equal interval half-hourly peak service to Manchester Piccadilly and the reinstatement of the half-hourly peak stopping service to Huddersfield, restoring the frequency which existed for 30 years until the May 2018 timetable change.<\/li><li>an hourly peak service direct to and from Leeds.<\/li><li>The end of the failed experiment of the skip-stopping service, so there will again be direct trains between Greenfield, Mossley, Marsden and Slaithwaite.<\/li><li>A later last train from Manchester at 23:35 and from Leeds at 23:05, seven days a week.<\/li><li>Earlier first Sunday morning trains.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>SMART will continue to campaign for a half-hourly service throughout the day, improved connectivity to Victoria and Salford, more capacity on the trains and full disabled access at Marsden and Slaithwaite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are grateful for the support of our local MPs, Jonathan Reynolds, Debbie Abrahams and Thelma Walker, and also the newspapers and other media outlets, in particular Tom Richmond at the Yorkshire Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trans-Pennine Express Train Changes for Slaithwaite &amp; Marsden Slaithwaite and Marsden will see significant improvements to peak train services in the December 2019 timetable. 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