Good morning, afternoon and evening readers, Welcome to the 4th edition of the “Traction!” blog! Today I will be covering the various trips I have taken during the month of August to Chesterfield, Kents Bank, and Northallerton Stations. Each of these trips [...]
Hello Readers, This month, instead of discussing railway stations, I'm writing about a railway depot. I, along with Penistone Line Partnership volunteers and Community Rail Officer, had the chance to tour Neville Hill Train Care Centre in Leeds. The depot isn’t open [...]
Post Written by Matthew Walters Hello Readers, Here I am writing this month’s Traction Blog. Last month, I wrote about my experience in April, and I explained what it’s like to pursue train spotting as a hobby. This time, I will continue [...]
Hello Readers, My name is Matthew Walters, I am a volunteer for the Penistone Line Partnership, and supporting Sarah their Community Rail Officer. I'd love to start a career within the rail industry. We came up with the idea of writing [...]
Strike action has been announced by the ASLEF Union. There will be no Northern services for the Penistone Line on Saturday 6 April 2024. In addition, there is an overtime ban from Thursday 4 April to [...]
Upcoming changes to services that might impact your journey to and from Huddersfield on the Penistone Line: Northern services: Rail Replacement Bus service in operation. Sheffield-Huddersfield services will start and finish at Lockwood instead of Huddersfield on Good Friday 29 March [...]
Industrial Action 29 February – 2 March As a result of ASLEF strike action, there will be no Northern services on Friday 1 March. Additional disruption is expected between 29 February and 2 March due to action [...]
Here is the timetable published by Northern from 10 December 2023 - 6 January 2024. Most Northern services will run at the same level as they do in the current timetable with some slight re-timing of services. See below- Penistone Line: 17:51 [...]
Industrial action Further strike action has just been announced by the ASLEF Union on the following days: Saturday 30 September Wednesday 4 October In addition, they have also announced an overtime ban across the UK rail network on Friday 29 September and [...]
Transport Focus has a formal role in assessing major changes to ticket office opening hours. Now that the consultation to have your say on the proposed ticket office closures, has ended, this document sets out the criteria Transport Focus will use to assess [...]
