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The route is operated by Team Pennine and runs between Denby Dale and Huddersfield via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Kirkburton. [ 6 ] The route runs every 30 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, and every hour on Sundays and public holidays .
Opened on 4 December 1933 (), [2] [3] it gradually replaced the Huddersfield tramway network, which closed on Saturday, 29 June 1940. [4] By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Huddersfield system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 15 routes and a maximum fleet of 140 trolleybuses. [3]
In April 2010, Centrebus Holdings obtained another service under the Huddersfield Bus Company division, taking over two routes (435 & 436) from Arriva Yorkshire. At the same time, the company extended further, taking over three routes serving Leeds Bradford Airport (737, 747 & 757). [ 12 ]
The bus station was opened on Sunday 1 December 1974 and is owned and managed by Metro. It is the busiest bus station in West Yorkshire and is used by more than 33,000 passengers every day. [1] [2] The bus station is situated in Huddersfield town centre, underneath the Multi-storey car park.
The Longwood turntable is said to be one of only four trolleybus turntables ever to have been constructed worldwide. Two other such turntables are the similarly abandoned Christchurch trolleybus turntable, in Bournemouth, England (in operation 1936–1969; now a Grade II listed building), and the Unterburg trolleybus turntable in Solingen, Germany (still in use for heritage trolleybus services).
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Huddersfield Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Huddersfield, England, between 1883 and 1940. [1] It initially used steam locomotives pulling unpowered tramcars, but as the system was expanded, a decision was taken to change to electric traction in 1900, and the first electric trams began operating in February 1901.
The nearest Mainline railway station is in Huddersfield. Berry Brow on the Penistone Line is the closest local railway station. There are several bus service routes through the village, run by First Calderdale & Huddersfield and Team Penine. [8]