Calder Valley idea

[Glenn1969]

So the three services you propose would be in addition to the current services?

Express services which are a long standing aspiration for Calder Valley user groups

 

[YorksLad12]

How about you just do it from Bradford to Manchester to avoid the complications of Leeds

Because you need 4tph Leeds-Bradford-Halifax

Post TRU

1x Leeds- Brighouse- Sowerby- Rochdale- Manchester
1x Bradford- Halifax- Hebden- Rochdale- Manchester
1x Bradford- Halifax- Huddersfield- Manchester

does/could that work ?

The first one already exists, no? You wouldn't have 6tph Halifax-Bradford but only 4tph Bradford-Leeds. Yes, I know it's technically 6tph combined with Forster Square, but that only works for end-to-end journeys.

So the three services you propose would be in addition to the current services?

I'd say: two semi-fasts per hour, with an end-to-end journey time of one hour; plus two all-stops; plus Huddersfield-Bradford and Halifax-Hull. If a stable 6tph (Leeds-)Bradford-Halifax timetable is possible, that is.