A busy main road in Huddersfield town centre is to be closed on some weekends from the end of February to the middle of May.
The A641 Bradford Road/Northgate will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians over some Sundays and full weekends.
The closure is for continuing work on the Huddersfield railway viaduct as part of the TransPennine Route Upgrade.
Work is continuing to strengthen the viaduct before new track is installed as part of the £11.5 billion rail electrification scheme.
The road will be closed from 8pm Saturday to 8pm Sunday (24 hours) on the following dates:
- Saturday 22 February – Sunday 23 February
- Saturday 1 March – Sunday 2 March
- Saturday 8 March – Sunday 9 March
- Saturday 15 March – Sunday 16 March
- Saturday 22 March – Sunday 23 March
- Saturday 19 April – Sunday 20 April
The road will also be closed from 10pm Friday to 5am Monday on the following dates:
- Friday 28 March – Monday 31 March
- Friday 4 April – Monday 7 April
- Friday 11 April – Monday 14 April
- Friday 25 April – Monday 28 April
- Friday 2 May – Monday 5 May
- Friday 9 May – Monday 12 May
TRU sponsor Gareth Hope said: “We’d like to thank the local community in Huddersfield for their patience while we continue to complete important strengthening works to Huddersfield viaduct, which requires us to temporarily close the A641 Bradford Road/Northgate.
“The work will enable the installation of new track over the viaduct to provide more capacity along the TransPennine route as part of TRU.
“Once complete, the scheme will allow faster, more reliable and frequent trains to run between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.”
The work to Huddersfield viaduct comes ahead of a 30-day closure of Huddersfield Railway Station, between Saturday August 30 and Monday September 29 2025, when essential track and platform remodelling work will be carried out.
It’s part of wider work by the TRU at the station to reconstruct the platforms, install new track, restore the canopy roof and construct a new, accessible footbridge with lifts, with work well underway.
Passengers using Huddersfield station will be informed well in advance about travel options during the 30-day closure.
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