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Where is "Marsden Bus A62"?

py_megapixel

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I may need to travel to Marsden while the railway is closed for TRU works. Apparently the replacement buses stop at "Marsden Bus A62" rather than Marsden station.

That is not very descriptive, as the A62 appears to be a major road which runs all the way through Marsden village. Where exactly is the bus stop?
 
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Marsden rail replacement bus stop locations
Reminder of location of Marsden Rail Replacement Bus Stop
Towards Huddersfield - A62 Manchester Road, side of the road nearest the village, near the junction with Peel Street and opposite Marsden Park. What3Words: ///ranch.coconuts.excavated
Towards Manchester - A62 Manchester Road, side of the road furthest from the village, near the old fire station (Station House Court). What3Words: ///newlyweds.wordplay.influence
From https://www.facebook.com/groups/356529627700721/posts/24707922558801422/ after a Google search for “Marsden Bus A62”.
 

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So is that effectively in the vicinity of where Peel Street, Marsden (the main street through the centre of the town) then crosses the busy A62 (Manchester Road)? If so, it's a way from the station!
 

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The National Rail page for each station identifies the rail replacement bus stop for each location.
 

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From the description those appear to be the existing bus stops which are on the main road. So you would have to walk to / from the station to get there.
 

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Some buses will run to the station according to a Station Message on the Northern railway website https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/stations/marsden-yorks
From Monday 21 September to Friday 2 October, Marsden will serve as a rail to replacement bus interchange. Marsden station is not a step free station. Customers who require step free access should board replacement bus services that will be operating between Huddersfield and Stalybridge to complete their journeys.

Additionally, two rail replacement bus stop locations will be in use at Marsden. Huddersfield to Stalybridge and Marsden to Brighouse replacement buses will serve the A62 Manchester Road, Peel Street bus stops. Huddersfield to Marsden railway station replacement buses will serve the replacement bus stop on Station Road, opposite platform 3, at Marsden station.
 

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Yeah it's all somewhat confusing. They changed the RRB stop for planned works to Manchester Road for both Marsden and Slaithwaite a few years ago to avoid the bus having to fight its way through the village (despite service buses coping with that route at Marsden), but in times of unplanned disruption they still call at the station.

I believe it's the bus stops at the old fire station, but services which start/terminate at Marsden will go to the station. It would make considerable sense for those buses to also call at the fire station but for some reason I'm not confident that this will be the case!
 

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So is that effectively in the vicinity of where Peel Street, Marsden (the main street through the centre of the town) then crosses the busy A62 (Manchester Road)? If so, it's a way from the station!
Sometimes bus stops are more conveniently located for the local population than the local station. If there are no trains serving the station, and road access to it is difficult, it may be more convenient both for the operator and the local population for the RRBs to stop in the town centre rather than outside the station.

I had this in Austria once - the station was half a mile up the hill from the village, along a narrow lane not suitable for a bus, so the RRB called in the village.
 

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Last time I went to Marsden during replacement bus times, we stopped on the main road only (so the A62) and had to walk up towards the station.

Last time I did a rail replacement bus on that route we stopped at Cottingley... eventually. Instead of using the Ring Road entrance to the estate (as the regular buses do) we went in via the Elland Road side... and came out via the Ring Road exit, doubling back on ourselves. And yet we stopped on the main road for Mirfield. Go figure.
 

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Sometimes bus stops are more conveniently located for the local population than the local station. If there are no trains serving the station, and road access to it is difficult, it may be more convenient both for the operator and the local population for the RRBs to stop in the town centre rather than outside the station.
The rail replacement bus stop in Marsden appears to be neither in the vicinity of the railway station, or the town centre itself. It looks to be on the main 'A' road that passes by to the South of Marsden.
 

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The bus stops on Manchester Road are much more convenient to the vast majority of population of Marsden than the station.

There is also a lot of roadworks taking place in Marsden currently after my visit the other week.
 

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Yeah it's all somewhat confusing.
Less confusing to passengers than when, as was the case for many years, the bus drivers would decide for themselves, regardless of any instructions they may or may not have been given, whether or not to go up to the station. Often this left would-be passengers waiting at the station wondering why their bus hadn't turned up.

They changed the RRB stop for planned works to Manchester Road for both Marsden and Slaithwaite a few years ago to avoid the bus having to fight its way through the village (despite service buses coping with that route at Marsden),
It was March last year. Some cars parked in unhelpful places made it difficult for coaches to get through. Occasionally the service buses have had the same issue. In 2025 all the closures were Stalybridge to Huddersfield, so every replacement bus stayed on Manchester Road. This year, including for the next three weeks, there have been some trains starting/terminating at Marsden so there's a need for some buses to go to the station to connect with the trains.

I think the next few closures are
  • weekdays 21 Sept to 2 October, plus weekend of 26/27 Sept - route closed between Marsden & Heaton Lodge - some replacement buses go to Marsden station to connect with trains
  • weekends 19/20 Sept, 3/4 Oct, 10/11 Oct (Marsden Jazz Festival weekend) (but not 26/27 Sept) - route closed between Stalybridge & Heaton Lodge - all replacement buses stay on Manchester Road
 

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