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No weekend trains from Huddersfield and few weekday services in May
The timetabled service is running until this Friday, then through May there will be no trains, only bus replacements, at weekends, with train services resuming from Lockwood for Sheffield; from Marsden for Manchester Piccadilly (direct buses also available); from Brighouse for Halifax, Bradford, Leeds and TransPennine Express services; and from Wakefield Kirkgate for services via Castleford to York.
From Monday May 3 until Tuesday May 26 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 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 other operators' services to Liverpool. At certain times it is possible to change at Stalybridge to reach Manchester Victoria.
A normal 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.
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 near Bradley Junction.
After a brief resumption of normal services at the end of May, there will be further closures extending into June.
Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.
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.
League One
Wimbledon final match for Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town's final game of their 2025-6 League One season is away at Wimbledon on Saturday (May 2, 3pm).With Town's final place in League One table this season now no better than ninth, they may have to do better than their last few games to even hang on to that position. One of the teams still able to overtake the Terriers is Mansfield Town, last Saturday's 1-4 winners at the Accu Stadium.
In League One next season, Town will again be meeting Yorkshire rivals Barnsley and Doncaster, but not Rotherham who are relegated. Bradford City have a one-in-four chance of promotion through the play-offs. Automatically promoted are league champions Lincoln City and in second-place are Cardiff City.
Find out more at the
Huddersfield Town official website.
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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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