Huddersfield

?48m funding boost to get Penistone rail line on the right track

Kirklees Council have been successful with their bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund for £48m to support significant improvements to the infrastructure of the Penistone rail line. The fund is designed to support local authorities to invest in loc…

Teenager dies and two others injured in horror crash

Police are appealing for information after a teenage boy tragically died in a car crash in Sheffield.[1]
The 17-year-old was the passenger in a car that was involved in a collision[2] on Myers Grove Lane in Stannington. The crash involved a black Fiat …

Drivers warned of major delays after collision on M62

The collision led to the closure of two lanes on the eastbound stretch of the motorway – between junction 22, for Denshaw, and junction 23, for Huddersfield – at around 6pm.
Shortly after 7pm, National Highways said the incident had been cleared and al…

Oldham: Greenfield train station to get massive step-free upgrade

Most of Oldham’s railway structure was converted to Metrolink services, but two stations still serve the borough: Greenfield in Saddleworth, and Mills Hill, on the border with Middleton and Chadderton.
However, while Mills Hill is accessible with a lif…

Network Rail expects normal service from Monday after West …

Network Rail[1] has said that it expects rail services in West Yorkshire[2] to return to normal on Monday after a collapsed wall caused a landslip in Dewsbury[3] yesterday (Wednesday 8 November).
Part of a retaining wall running alongside the railway c…

Disruption due to Dewsbury landslip to continue into weekend …

Network Rail said part of a retaining wall that runs alongside the railway close to Thornhill Road, to the south of Dewsbury Station, collapsed on Wednesday morning.
This caused a several-metre-wide landslip directly next to the track and closed the li…

Rail disruption expected to continue on Thursday after landslip

The landslip (Image: Network Rail)A LANDSLIP is causing rail disruption this evening and issues are expected to continue into Thursday.The incident happened in Dewsbury and one of the two lines in the area is closed.This is affecting services from Leed…