No trains will be running between Huddersfield and Dewsbury this Sunday … and the service to Leeds and York will also be severely disrupted.

The warning has gone out from Network Rail which is urging people to leave far more time for their journeys or to plan to get to their destinations another way. There will be rail replacement buses and diversionary routes in operation.

The work is being carried out in Mirfield and Ravensthorpe this Sunday, September 29.

Chris Nutton, Major Projects and Transpennine Route Upgrade Director at TransPennine Express, said: “As a result of this work TransPennine Express won’t be able to run trains between Huddersfield and Dewsbury while services between Leeds and York will use a diversionary route, increasing journey times. Rail replacement services will run between Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and Leeds to keep customers on the move.

“With these two pieces of engineering work on our north route on the same day we strongly advise customers to check before they travel. For the people who plan to travel across the Pennines, we’ll have extra staff on hand at stations to help people get from A to B.”

Major engineering work is taking place at Mirfield station before a new footbridge can be installed and to secure the track and ballast from movement during construction and before new track is installed through the Mirfield area.

Sunday will also see the demolition of part of platform 3 at Mirfield station while extending the platform eastwards will create space for the new footbridge.

In Ravensthorpe engineers will complete mining mitigation work to probe, treat and infill voids within the old coal seams under the site before further upgrades can be carried out in the area.

Elsewhere on the route, track renewal work will be carried out in Thorpe Park area between Cross Gates and Garforth, near Leeds.

Written by ANDY HIRST who runs his own Yorkshire freelance journalism agency AH! PR (https://ah-pr.com/) specialising in press releases, blogging, website content, copywriting and ghost writing autobiographies.