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Railway upgrade continues over Bank Holiday
Train travellers continue to face a series of disruptions at Huddersfield on weekdays and at weekends until next Tuesday after the Spring Bank Holiday.
Travellers heading further afield this Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday will also find bus replacements north of York as work takes place on the East Coast Main Line between York and Northallerton.
From Tuesday May 26 there should be a brief return to a near-normal service until Friday May 29.
After that Huddersfield station will be back open at weekends, as well as on weekdays, but there will be weekend bus replacements for services towards Leeds and Wakefield. An additional weekend train service will operate from Huddersfield to provide a train service at Brighouse, connections at Sowerby Bridge and via upper Calder Valley stations to Manchester Victoria as well as direct services from Huddersfield to Manchester PIccadilly and Manchester Victoria.
On weekdays there will be trains diverting between Huddersfield and Leeds through Wakefield taking around double the usual train journey time. Trains will not be calling at Dewsbury, Batley or Morley during the period extending to Friday June 26.
Passengers are urged to check journey planners for the best route to travel, which may involve trains diverting on longer routes, some trains with curtailed routes, more changes than usual, or bus replacements for all or part of the journey. Services this week are as follows:
Friday and Monday
Until Tuesday May 26, after the Spring Bank Holiday, there will only be a limited service of weekday trains from Huddersfield operating towards Manchester Piccadilly or towards Sheffield. Northbound destinations, including Leeds, will require journeys to start on replacement bus, usually a bus directly to Brighouse. There will also be a replacement bus via Deighton and Mirfield to Wakefield Kirkgate.An amended service of TransPennine Express trains will be diverting via the Calder Valley line and calling at Brighouse instead of Huddersfield. Replacement bus to Brighouse will usually be the easiest and quickest option from Huddersfield for reaching Leeds and stations beyond although journey times to Leeds will be at least double the usual train time.
Westbound TransPennine Express trains will only be operating from Huddersfield to Manchester Piccadilly but it should be possible to change there to services to Manchester Airport and to services to Liverpool. At certain times it is possible to change at Stalybridge to reach Manchester Victoria. A replacement bus will also run between Manchester Airport and Brighouse via Stockport but not Huddersfield.
A normal weekday service should be in operation from Huddersfield along the Penistone line to Barnsley and Sheffield. Passengers travelling from Shepley and Denby Dale to Leeds may find it quicker to travel by train changing at Barnsley than their usual route via Huddersfield.
Saturday and 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. Part of the work during the May closure will involve relaying track at Deighton and near Bradley Junction.
Planned road closures
and between further dates in July and August.
Normal service bus stops in Railway Street/St George's Square are suspended while rail replacement bus services are in operation. Check details of your journey at the 
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National Rail For more information about work on this line see the TransPennine Route Upgrade website.
TransPennine Route Upgrade
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.
Further areas cordoned off for Piazza scheme
The 1930s building is to be extended at its rear as part of work to turn it into a museum. The green space of the Piazza has also been dug over until a new Town Park is eventually created.
The new library building is nearing completion and is due to be opened in late summer this year.
A food hall at the former Queensgate Market, shown to the public at an open day last September, is now set to be delayed in its opening until the Spring of next year after the additional expense of fitting it out.
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 is being retained as part of the new food hall, social dining area and part of the new library.
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