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A West Yorkshire railway station will be closed for 38 days over Christmas and well into the new year, as its £70 million makeover gears up for completion.
The news comes as Huddersfield Station has only just reopened from its latest closure, which spanned 16-days and came to an end on Monday.
In this time, improvements such as: the installation of two new lines of track; platform extensions; the restoration of the historic roof canopy; and preparation works to carry out electrification of the line, took place.
Now that this stage of work has been completed, attention is turned to the next phase of delivery which will see the main station upgrades completed by early 2027.
Works to electrify the line will continue beyond this date, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands.
To get this final leg finished, a 38-day closure is required.
This will kick off following the final service on Thursday, December 24, 2026 until Sunday, January 31, 2027.
The station will then reopen on Monday, February 1, 2027, when engineers will carry out further transformative upgrades to the railway and station.
All of the works form part of the wider multi-billion-pound TRU programme, which is transforming the railway between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York and is set to improve capacity, reliability and accessibility while supporting the future introduction of cleaner electric trains.