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Weekend station closures at Huddersfield

The new footbridge at Huddersfield station is already partly openWork to complete improvements at Huddersfield station continues apace with this and other work along the line the main focus as the station is closed on Saturdays and Sundays for the next few weekends.

Weekend closures at the station will stretch to August 23 with further closures planned during September and October. This weekend work continues on the refurbishment and extension of the main station roof, extension of the subway and the new station footbridge, installation of lifts and surfacing of part of the new platforms.

Bus replacements will link to trains at Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield Kirkgate, Lockwood, and Stalybridge. Marsden and Slaithwaite will also be without trains and there continues to be the long-term temporary closure of Deighton station while the station there is rebuilt.

As railway bridge works continue on the A62 Leeds Road at Deighton the road there is closed again for the next two weekends (July 25-26 and August 1-2) with traffic and bus diversions. The closures start at 8pm on Friday evenings and continue until 5am on Monday mornings. Buses 202, 203 and 229 are diverting via Bradford Road and Bradley Road and therefore miss all stops along Leeds Road, Huddersfield. A free shuttle bus along Leeds Road from the bus station as far as the Syngenta works has been operating during the closure. Nearest buses at the Bradley end of Leeds Road are the usual 328 services operating along Keldregate and Alandale Road.

Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.

Check details of your journey at the National Rail website.

For more information about work on this line see the TransPennine Route Upgrade website.

Changes as £28m bus station scheme continues

Drop-off stands at the entrance to the bus station are currently closedWork on a £28m scheme to upgrade Huddersfield bus station will be continuing until Spring 2028.

While the bus station will remain open while the changes take place, there are now many stand changes as the drop-off stands of the bus station currently out of action and this means buses weaving forward and backwards from four stands inside the station allocated for drop-offs and sometimes altered stands where they will pick-up.

As well as refurbishment, features of the upgraded bus station will include a front canopy with solar panels, cycle parking, accessible toilets, new shop fronts, new information screens and improved public spaces. Red is to be replaced with green in the colour scheme as Metro is rebranded the Weaver Network.

New square gets closer to completion

Kirklees Council has been looking for a name for the new square at The PiazzaA new square and library building in Huddersfield now show signs of being completed sometime this year.

However, the adjacent new food hall in the town's former market is now set to be delayed in its opening until the Spring of next year after the additional Kirklees Council expense of fitting it out.

Meanwhile Kirklees Council has been inviting suggestions for a name for the square, which represents an extension of the previous Princess Alexandra Walk which the Huddersfield population almost always referred to as The Piazza.

Inside the new food hall last SeptemberThe new public square has been created in front of the old library building and beside the Town Hall. A new library and food hall retains listed parts of the old market building which has a unique roof design and sculpture panels alongside Queensgate.

The new library building is nearing completion and is due to be opened in late summer this year, but the food hall and social dining area, shown to the public at an open day last September, is delayed.

In March, senior council officers asked for an extra £3m to be taken from later phases of the regeneration scheme "to assist with ongoing commercial negotiations" on top of £1m already approved. The council is looking to lease the food hall to an operator, but fit-out costs are now set to be a council expense.

A model of the proposed Cultural Heart plansPreparations are made for demolition at King StreetThe town's former library building, dating from the 1930s, is to be extended at its rear as part of work to turn it into a museum.

There are plans to demolish further buildings around The Shambles and to eventually create a new Town Park, stretching from the public square to the corner of King Street and Queen Street. An area has now been cordoned off around the former Boots store at King Street, Victoria Lane and The Shambles prior to demolition.

Tour de France Women come to Huddersfield in 2027

The Tour de France headed towards Holme Moss in West Yorkshire in 2014The Tour de France Grand Départ returns to Yorkshire in 2027 and stage one of the Women's competition will come through Huddersfield on its Day 1.

The prestigious event boosted a massive interest in cycling in Yorkshire when the men's race Grand Départ was held in Yorkshire in 2014.

The Tour returns with the first two days of the women's race partly in Yorkshire next year while the men's Scotland to Wales Grand Départ also reaches into historic Yorkshire.

The first day for the Tour de France Femmes will start in Leeds on Friday July 30, 2027, to head over the Pennines to Manchester.

The route will head into Huddersfield via Wakefield Road and out towards Meltham via Chapel HillThe route will cross Kirklees on the 85.7km stage. It will pass through Birkenshaw, Birstall, Gomersal, Heckmondwike and Mirfield on its route into Huddersfield via the mountain stage "Côte de Kirkheaton" and Moldgreen. The route continues out of town via Netherton, South Crosland and Meltham with another mountain stage, the "Côte de Meltham", towards Wessenden Head before crossing the moor towards Greenfield, Uppermill and Delph on its way to a finish in Manchester city centre.

The following day the race will head back along a winding and hilly route through the Derbyshire part of the Peak District from Manchester to end in Sheffield.

The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.

Before the women's races, the men's Grand Départ will also have been held be in Britain, briefly dipping into historic Yorkshire as it heads through the Trough of Bowland on its second day on Saturday July 3. Day 1 of the men's race heads from Scotland to England with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The short stretch of historic Yorkshire is on the Keswick to Liverpool stage on Day 2. The third day is in Wales with a stage from Welshpool to Cardiff.

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