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Much work has been achieved during the 16 days and not all in the public view as much of the work was carried out in the Huddersfield and Gledholt tunnels. Many gantries have been erected for electrification of the line during the period and work has continued on upgrading Deighton station, where replacement buses are planned until next year, and on a major reconfiguration of Huddersfield station.
Work between Huddersfield and Dewsbury is a major part of plans for faster journeys on the TransPennine route between York and Manchester as it is there that two major routes cross, sharing the same tracks between two junctions. This is now being bypassed by two extra fast tracks which avoid both junctions.
After weekday operation until Friday there is one further weekend of closure at Huddersfield next Saturday and Sunday (October 10-11) when a reduced service of through trains will again divert via Brighouse and the Calder Valley line and trains normally operating towards Huddersfield will be operating through Brighouse or terminating at Stalybridge, Lockwood or Wakefield Kirkgate with bus replacement needed to reach Huddersfield. Work at this location will then be continuing away from the operational tracks before a final push towards the finish of the main works at Huddersfield during another full line closure from the last train on Christmas Eve to the end of January.
Seven stations on the Huddersfield line will again be without trains next weekend — Mossley, Greenfield,
While trains across the Pennines next weekend will operate to the same diversion map as the previous weekend, there have been some tweaks in the extent of journeys trains will make which may mean, for example, needing to make an additional change at Manchester Victoria to reach Manchester Airport on some journeys from Yorkshire.
This is partly due to bus replacements also taking place between Leeds and York next Saturday and Sunday (October 10-11). Services between Leeds and Selby and towards Hull will run as will trains on the considerably longer route between Leeds and York via Harrogate. Further work between Leeds and York will cause various other disruptions up to the end of October.
Proposed industrial action at TransPennine Express on Sundays in October may result in cancellations and service alterations over and above the planned engineering works timetable detailed here.Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.
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Work continues on Cultural Heart
After the recent opening of the new Queensgate Square and library building in Huddersfield, work continues on plans for a Cultural Heart quarter.
The new public square has been created in front of the old library building and beside the Town Hall.
The new library and food hall retains listed parts of the old market building which has a unique roof design and sculpture panels alongside the Queensgate section of the ring road. The new food hall in the former market has been delayed in its opening until the Spring of next year after the additional Kirklees Council expense of fitting it out.
Extensive work is now taking place at the rear of the former library building with much demolition of the Grade II Listed Building taking place as part of work to turn it into a museum. The building of stone cladding around a steel frame dates from 1937 and was officially opened in 1940 during World War II, a war which would have significant impact on building design.
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.
Market moves into temporary building
Situated between the present building and Tesco it provides space for 36 indoor stalls. There will also normally be around 30 stalls outdoors and a further 28 stalls in Byram Street on larger market days.
General markets will be held in the temporary building on Mondays and Thursdays from 9am to 4pm and second-hand markets on Tuesdays from 9am to 3.30pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm.
Changes as £28m bus station scheme continues
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.
Tour de France Women come to Huddersfield in 2027
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 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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