Huddersfield Station Upgrade
At Castleford, we are pleased with opening platform 2 of the train station and the new service to York. However, the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) goes further than that with station and track upgrades along the routes. The new service also has trains from York via Castleford to Huddersfield and Manchester Piccadilly. As a member of the combined authority’s transport authority, the TRU team invited me to see the ongoing upgrade of Huddersfield Station. I boarded the train at Castleford’s Platform 2 at 9.25, arriving at Huddersfield on time at 9.55. Huddersfield Station, designed by the architect James Pigott Pritchett, opened partially in 1847 and fully in 1850. It is of classical revival design and since 1952 is a grade I listed building. Sir John Betjeman described the station as “the most splendid in England.” Currently, the station has eight platforms. I alighted at Platform 1. This fine Victorian station, one of the best in Britain, serves as a popular commuter hub for travelle...