Huddersfield Line Wakefield connection — Trains towards Wakefield, Castleford and York
for all services to Slaithwaite, Marsden and stations to Stalybridge and Manchester Piccadilly or Victoria.
for express services via Dewsbury and Leeds and stopping trains calling at Deighton, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley, Morley and Cottingley.
for services from Huddersfield to Halifax and Bradford or if wishing to travel to the upper Calder Valley.
Trains towards Wakefield, Castleford and York
☉ Stalybridge
˧ Mossley
˧ Greenfield
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☉ Mirfield
☉ Wakefield Kirkgate
˧ Normanton
☉ Castleford
☉ York
TransPennine Express took over the route previously operated by Northern between Huddersfield and Castleford from the December 2023 timetable, successfully extending it following improvements at Castleford station to provide direct services between the Wakefield district and Manchester and the Wakefield district and York.
There is now a regular hourly service including evenings and Sundays along the full route between Manchester Piccadilly and York.
The service considerably improves east-west journey times to and from the stations in the Wakefield district. It also provides more cross-town journey opportunities in the Huddersfield area with a more frequent service at Deighton and Mirfield and direct journeys there from and to Slaithwaite and Marsden.
For journeys from Huddersfield as far as York the additional stops mean journeys take just a few minutes longer than express journeys via Leeds, but the trains can offer less crowded journeys between Huddersfield and York at peak times than services operating via Leeds.
From Huddersfield to Wakefield Kirkgate the journey time is about 22 minutes which is considerably faster than bus journeys from Huddersfield to Wakefield which take about an hour-and-a-quarter.
The service generally remains operational when engineering work place is taking place between Ravensthorpe and Leeds, but has partial bus replacement when engineering work is taking place at Huddersfield or at Mirfield.
Useful web links
Metro West Yorkshire passenger transport authority Metro's website (external link)TransPennine Route Upgrade TransPennine Route Upgrade upcoming closures (external link)National Rail National Rail Enquiries and journey planner (external link)
Also in Huddersfield.guide