Huddersfield train station is set to close for an entire month this summer, impacting journeys between Manchester and Leeds as well as the neighbouring towns and cities.
The key station on the Transpennine Route is shutting to all trains from Saturday 30 August until Sunday 28 September as part of the once-in-a-generation Transpennine Route Upgrade.
It’s being described as a ‘significant closure’ with diversions, rail replacement buses and more planned in to keep the region moving.
Services between Leeds and Manchester (and beyond) will operate via the Calder Valley line, passing stations including Castleton, Sowerby Bridge, and Bradford Interchange.
An email from Northern today warned ‘Your journey may take longer than usual’.
Other stations in West Yorkshire will be subjected to a month of rail replacement bus routes instead, including Stalybridge to Huddersfield, Slaithwaite, Greenfield and Mirfield.
There will be no trains at all at Huddersfield Station throughout the closure period.
A summary of changes to Northern services is below:
- Huddersfield to Brighouse: There will be rail replacement buses every 15 minutes.
- Huddersfield to Bradford Interchange (local stopping): These trains will not run. Rail replacement buses will run between Huddersfield and Brighouse every 15 minutes to connect with trains, including to Bradford Interchange.
- Huddersfield to Leeds (local stopping): These trains will not run from Huddersfield. Rail replacement buses will run between Huddersfield and Brighouse every 15 minutes to connect with trains.
- During the closure an additional Monday to Saturday service will run from Leeds to Bradford Interchange calling at Cottingley, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Ravensthorpe, Mirfield, Brighouse, Halifax and Low Moor. On Sundays they run from Leeds to Halifax only, along the same route.
- Huddersfield to Sheffield: There are some part-closures on this route, with different timings.
- 30 August to 7 September, and on 27 and 28 September: Trains will operate between Penistone and Sheffield only. A replacement bus will run between Huddersfield and Penistone, calling at all stations, to connect with train services to Sheffield. Additionally, a replacement bus will operate non-stop between Huddersfield and Barnsley.
- 8 to 26 September: Trains will operate between Berry Brow and Sheffield only and departure times will change. A replacement bus will run between Huddersfield and Berry Brow, calling at Lockwood, to connect with train services to Sheffield.
It’s all part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, which aims to deliver better train travel across the North, especially between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
The work that’s resulting in the closure of Huddersfield train station includes reconstructing and extending platforms, strengthening the Huddersfield viaduct, and upgrading the track and signalling.
This will support greener, more frequent, and more reliable journeys.
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