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- Northern Rail services:
- York–Leeds–Halifax–Blackpool North
- Selby–Halifax–Huddersfield–Wakefield Westgate
- Huddersfield–Manchester Victoria
- Leeds–Dewsbury–Brighouse–Manchester Victoria
- Leeds–Halifax–Manchester Victoria
- North TransPennine services
(via Leeds and Huddersfield)
- Hull–Manchester Picadilly
- Middlesbrough–Manchester Airport
- Newcastle–Manchester Airport
- Scarborough–Liverpool Lime Street
- Grand Central service
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The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the busiest rail services on the West Yorkshire MetroTrain network in northern England. Local services are operated by Northern Rail with longer distance services operated by TransPennine Express. The line connects Leeds and Huddersfield with Manchester (Victoria & Piccadilly), Manchester Airport and Liverpool.
The route travels SSW from Leeds through Dewsbury. After a short westward stretch through Mirfield (where it runs on the ex-L&YR section), it continues SW through Huddersfield, using the River Colne valley to its headwaters. The long Standedge Tunnel just after Marsden crosses under the watershed and the majority of the run down to Manchester is in the Tame valley. After Manchester, the line reaches the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line over Chat Moss to Liverpool.
The Government announced on 29 November 2011 that this route will be electrified in the near future.[1]
[edit] History
At the time of the 1923 Grouping most of the route followed by the line was over London and North Western Railway (LNWR) metals, the exception being a short stretch around Mirfield which was the property of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The first section of the line, between Huddersfield and Stalybridge, was opened by the Manchester, Stockport and Leeds Railway on 1 August 1849. The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway after 1923.
[edit] Route details
Metro (West Yorkshire) pre-paid tickets and concessionary fares are available between Leeds and Marsden. TfGM[clarification needed] fares are available for the Greenfield-Manchester section. Many of the intermediate places no longer have rail facilities. All stations that are still open are in bold.:
[edit] Leeds-Huddersfield
[edit] Huddersfield-Manchester
Westbound coal train between Ravensthorpe and Mirfield in 1953
[edit] Manchester to Liverpool
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