Transpennine Route Upgrade: no trains to / from / via Huddersfield from Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October 

Route(s) affected

All Northern services to / from Huddersfield

All TransPennine Express services to / from / via Huddersfield

Description

Engineering work is taking place at Huddersfield, closing all lines. Background information on the work can be found below.

Northern:

Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October:

Huddersfield - Sheffield:

Buses will replace trains between Huddersfield and Lockwood. A few late night / early morning trains will be extended to run between Huddersfield and Penistone.

On Sundays, buses will replace trains between Huddersfield and Barnsley.

Leeds - Manchester Victoria via Dewsbury:

Saturdays and Mondays to Fridays:

An amended service will run between:

• Leeds and Halifax via Dewsbury

• Todmorden and Manchester Victoria

Sundays:

Trains between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via Dewsbury will run normally on Sunday.

Leeds - Manchester Victoria via Bradford Interchange:

Saturdays to Fridays:

Trains will run to an amended timetable.

TransPennine Express:

Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October:

No trains will run via Huddersfield. Trains will additionally call at Brighouse.

Trains will be diverted to run via Hebden Bridge (not calling). Replacement buses are not yet confirmed, more information on these will be published here when it is known.

The following amended train service will run between:

Saturdays:

• Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

• Manchester Victoria - Redcar Central (additionally (calling at Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge)

• Manchester Victoria - Scarborough (additionally calling at Castleton)

• Manchester Airport - Stalybridge

• Leeds - Hull

• York - Wakefield Kirkgate

Sundays:

• Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

• Manchester Airport - Redcar Central

• Manchester Victoria - Scarborough

• Leeds - Hull

• York - Wakefield Kirkgate

• Manchester Piccadilly - Stalybridge

Mondays to Fridays:

• Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

• Manchester Victoria - Redcar Central (calling at Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge)

• Manchester Victoria - Scarborough (additionally calling at Castleton)

• Leeds - Hull

• York - Wakefield Kirkgate

• Manchester Piccadilly - Marsden

Buses will operate between:

Saturdays and Sundays:

• Stalybridge and Huddersfield direct

• Stalybridge and Huddersfield calling at calling at Mossley, Greenfield, Marsden and Slaithwaite

• Huddersfield and Brighouse direct

• Huddersfield and Wakefield Kirkgate calling at Deighton, Mirfield
  

Mondays to Fridays:

• Manchester Piccadilly to Huddersfield (direct)

• Manchester Airport to Brighouse calling at Huddersfield

• Huddersfield to Brighouse (direct)

• Huddersfield to Brighouse calling at Deighton

• Stalybridge to Huddersfield calling at Mossley, Greenfield, Marsden and Slaithwaite

• Marsden to Huddersfield calling at Slaithwaite

• Marsden to Brighouse calling at Slaithwaite (morning and afternoon peak hours only)

• Huddersfield to Wakefield Kirkgate calling at Deighton and Mirfield weekday (morning and afternoon peak hours only)
  

For Northern for Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October, full details of the effects of engineering work are not yet known. More information will be published here when it is known.

Background information:

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project is a multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements which will bring better journeys to customers travelling across the Pennines between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

As part of this project, major improvement works are taking place between Stalybridge and Mirfield over a 16-day period. This includes:

• Track and drainage renewals in Huddersfield and Gledholt tunnels

• Installation of new track

• Improvements at Huddersfield and Deighton stations

• Installation of overhead line equipment

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.

Replacement bus travel advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.