London bound?

Good news for London-bound passengers who do not like going via Leeds or Manchester.

The following times have been decided by Network Rail – watch out for when they start in 2010.

East Coast Main Line SLC2 Timetable

Issued 16th October 2009

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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd Registered Office 40 Melton Street, London NW1 2EE Registered in England and Wales No. 2904587 www.networkrail.co.uk

Doc # 360246.01

4.5.3 The Grand Northern Bradford paths are shown in the table below.

                                       1A59      1A63      1A67

Bradford                    06.30     10.22     15.46

Kings Cross                09.51    13.45     19.08

                                                   1D71      1D73      1D75

                Kings Cross            10.48    14.48     19.48

                Bradford                13.53       17.53     22.57

 4.5.4 Northern Rail Selby – Wakefield Westgate service flexed on the

hours when Grand Northern operates between Bradford and Halifax with no extension to journey times.

There should be the opportunity to make a comfortable connection into the first  departure to London off the 06.20 departure from t’Royd. Likewise, if on time, the last train should connect with the 23.00 from Halifax to t’Royd.

Then there is the interesting  journey round Pontefract, Knottingley and the Askern branch line to Doncaster and the East Coast Main Line to London.

Great to have a new trip opportunity, let us hope it is successful.

However, competitors Stagecoach have introduced a service from Halifax to London

http://www.megabusplus.com/

This could have a serious affect on the proposed train service, especially as a return fare can be less than £10 and the overall journey time will not be much more.

Contact the Partnership

Further details of the Station Partnership from;

Geoff    on    01422 885154     or

myt.station@btinternet.com

Engineeering work on the Line

It is always adviseable to check especially before you travel at weekends.

 Details for all engineering work on Calder Valley

are on  the Metro Planned Disruptions web page at:

http://www.wymetro.com/TravelNews/DisruptionsDiversions/LocalServices.htm

Weekends in January will be affected due Bramley station re-build

There may have been some late changes – so keep a check on it!

Some weeks the 05.50 is a bus leaving t’Royd at 05.25

When buses are required to replace our trains,

The replacement bus stops at the Dusty Miller

Yorks in Bloom 2009

Along with with our neighbours,  the 2009  Yorkshire in Bloom award – judging was on

Tuesday 21 July In Pennine monsoon conditions!

Both station volunteers and our neighbours welcomed the judge,

Malcolm Sunderland over coffee and biscuits kindly provided by Fr John Gott.

Eh, we had a reet good do.

October 2nd the Yorks in Bloom Judge, Malcolm Sunderland joined us for lunch at the Church of the Good Shepherd through the hosptitality of Fr John and the donations from Lyn at the Shoulder of Mutton and Cllr Christine Bampton-Smith and her free-range hens.

All put together by our Hon Secretary, Sue Mitchell

 

 

 

Photos by Stephanie Ryan of the Warley Bloom Group

 

Matt Gibson, our Station Manager receiving a small token of our appreciation from the Mayor of Hebden Royd, Cllr John Beacroft-MItchell. 

 

Steamers and other Special Trains

Just heard the Steamer whistling furiously through t’Royd – bang on time!

Must be have been some photographers about.

Any photos for here?

The following pictures were of the Cotton Mill Express and will be a memento;  

 compo 01

 

You don’t have to be a gardener to join our group

Yes, we have made a big difference to our village railway station over the last two year.

We might be a little biased, but this Summer our platform flower tubs have probably been the best for miles around.

There are things other than gardening to do in the Station Partnership – admin work,  designing a Website just for starters.

We have plans for the village station for 2010 – watch this space, even better – come and join in, it can be fun and the group is a great bunch of local folk.

Thanks to the crew that planted the Winter tubs on Sat 10 Oct – and thanks to Jason for his advice, duly put on the back of an envelope and read out to the ‘troops’, just like Munich 1938!!!!! 

Clitheroe Trip  (courtesy of Northern Rail)

You never know where it mught get you!

Oldham Loop

 The last train ran on the loop line from Manchester Victoria – through Oldham, Shaw and Crompton – to Rochdale on Saturday 3 October -  nowt but buses for a few years until the Metrolink trams start running.

(Click to advance pictures) 

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RoydXpress – the Mytholmroyd Newsletter

Download our newsletters from here;

roydxpress edition 06

roydxpress-edition 05

roydxpress-edition-04.pdf

Past editions are here for you to see how we have developed since the Autumn of 2006.

roydxpress edition 03

roydxpress-edition-02.pdf

roydxpress edition 01

Graffiti – You can help!

We have had another  totally mindless attack of graffiti spraying.

It is pathetic that these vandals not only attack the property of a multi-billion pound company – but they have defaced and damaged the work of the local community and in particular the artwork by our local children.

It is heartening to find local people deciding these vandals should be identified and providing the British Transport Police with some names and addresses for further investigation.

We are proud to work in partnership with Northern Rail and their contractors, the British Transport Police and our local officers from West Yorkshire to clear this criminal damage.

Parents of railway trespassers are visited by the Police about the dangers their children face while loitering near the tracks.

British Transport Police and their colleagues from West Yorkshire

DO respond to problems on the station –

IF they informed about them.

You can Help!

 If you encounter any problems at our station (or on the rail network) -

phone 0800 40 50 40 - BTP Control Room

Please remember, it is all about how we can help them – to help us.

For emergencies – please continue to ring 999

Please do not hesitate to phone if you see or experience any problems at Mytholmroyd station or on the Caldervale line. 

If we do not help in this way, the authorities will not be aware of any problems that are upsetting the lcoal community.

We have had a super response from the Police forces and the railway management. It is up to us to continue to help them to keep the station and the railway as safe as possible.

Useful and Interesting Contacts

You might find the following websites useful.

Local Journey planners

http://www.metrojourneyplanner.info/welcome.do

 If you REALLY get fed up with the rubbish on the television- how about trying the following :-

http://www.atoc.org/rsp/Routeing_Guide/

Actually, it could be very useful if you are planning some rail journeys and wondering whether your ticket will be valid along a certain route.

A summary of the history of the Calder Valley line.

and-in-the-beginning

A more detailed account is planned, together with a description of the train journey between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge. Watch this space!

When did Eastwood station close and when the staff withdrawn from Mythomroyd station?

From the man who about these things – Eastwood closed to passengers on 3 December 1951 and to freight on 18 May 1964.

Luddendenfoot closed to passengers on 10 September 1962 and to freight on 3 May 1965 the same day as Mytholmroyd. Any more?

Just two of the very many questions to be researched – any other helpers out there?

  For those with the new English Bus Pass – the following site is useful. Happy trips!

http://timetables.showbus.co.uk/busindex.htm 

 Our friends up at Todmorden have the following interesting site;

 http://www.todmordenstation.btik.com/p_home.ikml

Then next door neighbour Hebden Bridge have just produced a nice Website

 http://www.hbstationfriends.org.uk/

We are under the umbrella of the South Pennine Rail Parnership – useful news and competitions….

http://www.southpenninesrail.co.uk 

Real-time departures from Mytholmroyd Station

http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/northern/summary.aspx?T=MYT 

Some other Station Groups ‘across t’other side’ who are doing interesting things.

http://www.walkdenstation.org.uk/index.htm 

http://www.freccles.org.uk/

http://www.ribblevalleyrail.co.uk/today.html 

No excuse for not going out for a walk – we have super countryside, high moorland and miles of Public Rights of Way for you to enjoy. See the Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge Walkers for ideas….

http://www.mytholmroydwalkers.org/news.html

 Your rights and responsibilities when on the railway

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/legislation/regs/railwaysbyelaws 

General information about Mytholmroyd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mytholmroyd_railway_station

 

Northern Rail and the Community

 

http://www.northernrail.org/community/working

 Opportunity here for the historians to put some interesting information about the station.

Let us know if there are other links for the station.