Viaduct Photo Competition Voting
Please vote here - Thank you! Voting closes on 19 June 2025
Please vote here - Thank you! Voting closes on 19 June 2025
Hi Readers, May 2025 marks one year since Traction began! A big thank you to Sarah, our community rail officer, for helping make this blog possible, and to Oliver for his great contributions—especially his photography and the Ffestiniog Railway post he wrote [...]
Penistone Line's railway services will only run between Huddersfield and Barnsley, and a replacement bus service will run between Barnsley and Meadowhall during engineering weekends. Engineering works on our line will take place on: Saturday 21st June - Sunday 22nd June [...]
On 22 May 2025, during Community Rail Week, Penistone Line Partnership, SYMCA, and High Peak & Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership hosted a Song Walk. This was a pilot project to celebrate Railway 200 with a Community Rail Week event. Guests travelled from [...]
A new timetable for train services on the Penistone Line will be in place from 18th May to 5th October. On Mondays through Saturdays, the regular hourly service will run between Huddersfield and Sheffield, and on Sundays, it will run between Huddersfield [...]
Hello Readers, Welcome to the 12th edition of Traction! It’s hard to believe, but next month marks one year since the blog began. Thank you for reading and supporting the journey so far! This month, I visited one of Britain’s most historic [...]
Please help us to improve Lockwood Station by completing the online form. Due to ongoing Transpennine Route Upgrade works (TRU), Lockwood will be a terminus station for the full month of September 2025, with a bus replacement service between Lockwood and Huddersfield [...]
Penistone Line Partnership (PLP), South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA), and Artworks SY are proud to announce the launch of a new collaborative project celebrating Railway 200. The Railway 200 Exhibition at Sheffield Station, along with a Poster Art Trail across all [...]
Trains have been carrying passengers across the UK for 200 years, and this year, we’re celebrating with a national event called Railway 200. To mark this special occasion, we’re inviting YOU to take part in our Art Competition! Your Challenge Create [...]
Hello readers! This month, I’m sharing my exciting trainspotting adventure in Cambridge on March 14th. It was a long but rewarding day, so strap yourselves in for the first of many long-distance trainspotting trips! Journey to Cambridge A few friends invited me [...]