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Huddersfield Town now face third-place Bolton away
Late goals seem to be making or breaking Huddersfield Town games just lately and Tuesday night's home match was no exception as Cardiff City scuppered the Terriers lead with an equaliser five minutes into added time to result in one point for Town rather than the three they might have hoped for.
Town made it to seventh in the League One table from the result, but only on a one goal difference over Plymouth, but then slipped back to eight after a Luton win on Wednesday night. While the promotion play-off zone is still within sight, the Terriers must be mindful that their League One position is based on them having just three games left while most of the other play-off zone contenders have at least four to play.
Bolton is one team that have played the same number of games as Town, but they must now be already reasonably confident they will be competing in the play-offs in their third position and 10 points clear of Town.
One consequence of Cardiff's late goal against Town on Tuesday was that, short of a miracle, Bolton no longer have chance of achieving automatic promotion. If they were to try, it would mean Bolton doing even better than their goal difference gain from their capable 5-1 win again sixth-place Stevenage on Tuesday night, not only in the Town game, but in both their two subsequent games. It would also mean Cardiff needing to lose all their four remaining games.
Stevenage in the lowest of the play-off zone places are four points ahead of Town, but are among the teams that have played one fewer match.
In Town's Tuesday night home game against Cardiff, the Welsh team dominated possession, but the Terriers made much of their time with the ball and Ryan Ledson hit one into the net in the 27th minute. Town looked like they would achieve the win they needed to improve their path back to the play-off zone until the late Cardiff goal.
Top-of-table Lincoln City are already promoted to next season's Championship, second-place Cardiff City now have a nine point cushion over the play-off places and are not far short of claiming the second automatic promotion place. Only total disaster in their remaining games would create any threat from third-place Bolton, fourth-place Bradford City or fifth-place Stockport, who have five games still to play.
Fans hoping to travel to Saturday's Bolton match by train should note there are no trains operating from Huddersfield station this weekend. Also train journeys from Brighouse or Mirfield normally requiring only one change at Salford Crescent to reach Horwich Parkway near Bolton's stadium will need an a change at both Manchester Victoria and Salford Crescent if travelling from Brighouse and more changes if travelling from Mirfield due to cancellation of the Leeds - Wigan Wallgate service. Trains are also operating from Marsden, allowing one change at Manchester Piccadilly. Find out more at the 
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Huddersfield Town Buses only from Huddersfield station this weekend
The station will have only rail replacement bus services. A limited diversion timetable of TransPennine Express trains will be operated by the longer Calder Valley line with a stop at Brighouse, which this weekend will have replacement buses directly to Huddersfield. TransPennine Express trains will also be making other additional stops at Calder Valley stations as some usual timetables for Northern trains are disrupted, including the Saturday service between Wigan and Leeds.
Trains from Manchester Piccadilly will operate to Marsden with a replacement bus to Slaithwaite and Huddersfield. There are also replacement bus services from Manchester Piccadilly direct and from Stalybridge with stops to Huddersfield.
Buses from Huddersfield will run via Deighton and Mirfield to Wakefield Kirkgate where trains to York via Castleford will resume.
Northern trains from Sheffield towards Huddersfield will terminate at Lockwood with a replacement bus into Huddersfield.
TransPennine Express services will run from Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge only on Saturday, but between Manchester Airport and after Manchester Victoria via the Calder Valley diversion route, Brighouse and Dewsbury towards the usual destination of Redcar on Sunday.
Work will be continuing until early next year on major internal alterations to the Grade I listed Huddersfield station which will increase the number of through platforms to four when complete. Work is also taking place on renewing the main internal station roof, extending the subway, installing a new footbridge and completing bridge renewal and alterations on to Huddersfield Viaduct.
Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.
Check details of your journey at the https://www.nationalrail.co.uk National Rail website.
For more information about work on this line see the https://thetrupgrade.co.uk TransPennine Route Upgrade website.
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For more on the railway upgrade work see the TransPennine Route Upgrade website.
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Delays and new costs at council's Piazza scheme
The Kirklees Council scheme was discussed at a meeting of its nine-member Cabinet at Huddersfield Town Hall on Tuesday (March 24).
There are still proposals to open the new library and public square in late Summer this year, but the food hall is expected to be delayed until after its fitting-out and that is not now expected to be completed until Spring 2027.
Senior council officers asked for an extra £3m to be taken from later phases of the regeneration scheme "to assist with ongoing commercial negotiations", that 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.
Kirklees Council has planned the redevelopment of the area around the former Market Hall which has seen the demolition of part of the Market building to allow a new public square to be created in front of the old library building and beside the Town Hall.
The listed part of the Market building with its unique airy roof design and sculptured panels along Queensgate are being retained as part of a new food hall, social dining area and part of the new library. Work inside the conversion of the old Market Hall was revealed at an Heritage Open Day last September.
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