This weekend, Saturday, 17th and Sunday, 18th August, Huddersfield station will be closed as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), which will affect fans travelling to Leeds for Rugby League’s Magic Weekend.

Anyone travelling to Leeds this weekend should make sure they plan their journey at www.nationalrail.co.uk before they travel, as the closure of Huddersfield station means some train services will be diverted or will be replaced by rail-replacement bus services between Huddersfield and Leeds.

The closure of Huddersfield station is necessary because of major improvements being made to the station roof and tearoom, which include installing scaffolding, renewing cables, as well as track renewal work.

Changes to upcoming train services:

The following services will be affected:

TransPennine Express

• Liverpool Lime Street – Manchester Victoria – Newcastle services will be diverted between Manchester Victoria and Dewsbury, and will not call at Stalybridge or Huddersfield but will call additionally at Brighouse.
• Manchester Airport – Manchester Victoria – Saltburn services will start/terminate at Manchester Victoria instead of Manchester Airport. They will be diverted between Manchester Victoria and Dewsbury, and will not call at Huddersfield but will call additionally at Brighouse. On Saturdays only, this service will also call at Ravensthorpe and Cottingley.
• Manchester Piccadilly – Hull services will only run between Hull and Leeds.
• Manchester Piccadilly – Huddersfield local stopping services will only run between Manchester Piccadilly and Marsden.
• Manchester Piccadilly – Huddersfield – Wakefield Kirkgate – York. A limited service, Saturdays only, will run between Manchester Piccadilly and Marsden.
• Leeds – Huddersfield local stopping service will not run. Passengers from Mirfield, Batley and Morley should use Northern services between Wigan Wallgate and Leeds on Saturdays only.

Rail-replacement bus services

• Manchester Piccadilly – Huddersfield (direct) up to every 20 minutes.
• Manchester Airport – Stockport – Huddersfield, hourly service.
• Huddersfield – Slaithwaite – Marsden, hourly service.
• Huddersfield – Brighouse, every 30 minutes, and extending to Halifax every hour.
• Huddersfield – Deighton – Mirfield (Saturday only), hourly service.
• Huddersfield – Leeds (local stopping – Sunday only), hourly service.
• Huddersfield – Wakefield Kirkgate – Castleford – York (Saturdays only). limited service.

Northern

• Sheffield – Huddersfield
• Services will terminate at Lockwood instead of Huddersfield. A rail-replacement bus service will run between Lockwood – Huddersfield.
• Huddersfield – Bradford Interchange
• This service will not run. Passengers can use a TransPennine Express hourly bus service between Huddersfield – Brighouse – Halifax.

Similar arrangements will apply over the weekend of Saturday, 31st August and Sunday, 1st September.

We understand what weekends like these mean for supporters and we have worked closely with operators to ensure everything is in place to minimise the impact our work has on them.

The work being carried out this weekend is a pivotal part of the Huddersfield station upgrade and the wider programme across the route, which will deliver faster and greener trains on a more reliable railway across the Pennines.

Gareth Hope, Sponsor for the Transpennine Route Upgrade,