First Calderdale & Huddersfield

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First Calderdale & Huddersfield

Various First buses in Huddersfield.
Parent	FirstGroup
Founded	2003, formerly First Calderline/First Huddersfield
Headquarters	Skircoat Road, Halifax, Old Fieldhouse Lane, Huddersfield and Millwood Garage, Halifax Road, Todmorden
Service area	Halifax, Huddersfield, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Ripponden, Holmfirth, Meltham, Brighouse, Bradford, Leeds, Keighley, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale
Service type	Bus services
Web site	www.firstgroup.com

First Calderdale & Huddersfield is one of the bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America. The company operates within the area covered by Metro, a public body responsible for helping to co-ordinate public transport services in the West Yorkshire area.

Contents 1 History 2 Service 2.1 List of routes 3 Service Changes 4 Overground 5 HolmfirthCONNECTION 6 MelthamCONNECTION 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

History

First Calderdale & Huddersfield is an amalgamation of First Halifax (formerly First Calderline) and First Huddersfield. The company of today originally formed part of the Yorkshire Rider company in the 1980s and 1990s, which operated most of the services in the West Yorkshire area. The company was formed in 1986 at the time of deregulation with the town suffix at the end of the name, Calderdale was Yorkshire Rider Halifax, Kirklees was Yorkshire Rider Huddersfield.

Yorkshire Rider continued operation of services until 1994 when the company was purchased by Badgerline Group, who would merge with Grampian Regional Transport in 1995 to form the First Group. The services were re-named Rider Halifax and Rider Huddersfield in 1995 then re-named again the same year, with Rider Halifax changed to Calderline and would also incorporate the Todmorden operation of Yorkshire Rider and Rider Huddersfield changed to Kingfisher.

In 1996, the First logo started to appear on services and Calderline and Kingfisher were given their own individual livery, changing from the green and white of Yorkshire Rider. Although Kingfisher would keep green as its main colour, Calderline changed to a white and blue livery.

In 1998, the First prefix was adopted to the names of the companies, with Calderline becoming First Calderline and Kingfisher becoming First Kingfisher Huddersfield before being shortened to First Huddersfield.

At the turn of the century, the livery of the two companies would changed to incorporate First Group's standard livery now seen on the majority of First services in the country.

First Calderline would re-name itself again in the 2000s as First Halifax before the decision to merge the operation of the First services in West Yorkshire to be called First West Yorkshire, which would consist of First Bradford, First Leeds and First Calderdale & Huddersfield.

Service

First Calderdale & Huddersfield operates services mainly in the Calderdale and Kirklees areas but also run services into Bradford, Leeds, Burnley, Rochdale, Oldham and Manchester. The services operate from depots in Halifax, Huddersfield and Todmorden with some of the 184 service operated from First Manchester's Oldham depot.

List of routes

This is a summary of First Calderdale & Huddersfield services.

No.	From	To	Via	Notes
181	Huddersfield	Wilberlee	Cowlersley, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite
182	Huddersfield	Marsden Hard End	Cowlersley, Linthwaite, Blackmoorfoot, Slaithwaite
183	Huddersfield	Marsden Hard End	Cowlersley, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite
184	Huddersfield	Manchester Piccadilly	Cowlersley, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Diggle, Uppermill, Oldham	Jointly run with First Manchester
185	Huddersfield	Marsden Dirker	Cowlersley, Slaithwaite
186	Marsden Dirker	Huddersfield	Slaithwaite, Linthwaite, Cowlersley
200	Huddersfield	Old Fieldhouse Lane (First Depot)	Leeds Road
226	Halifax	Norwood Green	Hipperholme
301 302	Huddersfield	Golcar	Milnsbridge	Circular routes
303	Huddersfield	Scapegoat Hill	Milnsbridge, Golcar
306	Huddersfield	Taylor Hill	Newsome	Circular
307	Huddersfield	Blagden Farm	Newsome	Circular
308	Huddersfield	Holmfirth	Newsome, Honley
312	Huddersfield	Parkhead	Blagden Farm, Honley, Holmfirth
313	Huddersfield	Hepworth	Honley Bridge, Holmfirth
314	Huddersfield	Holme	Honley Bridge, New Mill, Holmfirth
316	Huddersfield	Parkhead	Honley Bridge, New Mill, Holmfirth
321	Huddersfield	Meltham Broadlands	Netherton, Marten Nest
323	Huddersfield	Marten Nest	Netherton
324	Huddersfield	Meltham Broadlands	Netherton
327	Huddersfield	Deighton	Birkby, Brackenhall
328	Bradley	Balmoral Avenue	Fartown Bar, Huddersfield, Thornton Lodge
336	Huddersfield	Huddersfield	Almondbury, Newsome, Beaumont Park	Circular.
337	Huddersfield	Huddersfield	Beaumont Park, Newsome, Almondbury	Circular.
342	Huddersfield	Almondbury	Fernside Crescent	Circular
343	Huddersfield	Halifax	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Blackley, Elland, Barkisland
344	Huddersfield	Elland	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Blackley
346	Huddersfield	Wilberlee	Milnsbridge, Slaithwaite
353	Huddersfield	Huddersfield	Paddock, Longwood, Quarmby
356	Huddersfield	Longwood	Paddock
358	Huddersfield	Huddersfield	Ashenhurst, Lowerhouses	Circular
363	Huddersfield	Bradford	Bradley Bar, Brighouse, Odsal
370	Rawthorpe	Lindley	Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
371	Dalton	Lindley	Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
372	Almondbury	Lindley	Waterloo, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
387	Huddersfield	Beaumont Park	Victoria Road	Circular
398	University of Huddersfield	Storthes Hall	Waterloo	Student shuttle service.
399	University of Huddersfield	Storthes Hall	Waterloo	Student shuttle service.
501	Huddersfield	Halifax	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Weatherhill, Ainley Top, Elland, West Vale
502	Keighley	Halifax	Haworth, Denholme, Causeway Foot
503	Huddersfield	Halifax	Ainley Top, Elland, West Vale
507	Halifax	Claremont		Circular
508	Halifax	[[Leeds City bus station]]	Shelf, Odsal, Stanningley, Armley
510	Halifax	Mixenden	Hebble Lane
511	Halifax	Halifax	Mixenden, Nursery Lane	Circular
512	Halifax	Halifax	Mixenden, Mount Tabor, Pellon	Circular. Runs in both directions
513	Halifax	Halifax	Nursey Lane, Mixenden	Circular
517	Halifax	Burnley	Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall
521	Halifax	Illingworth	Ovenden Way	Circular
522	Halifax	Illingworth	Keighley Road	Circular
523	Halifax	Bradshaw	Nursery Lane
526	Halifax	Shelf	Bradshaw, Hungerhill
528	Halifax	Rochdale	Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden, Littleborough, Smallbridge
531	Halifax	Sowerby Bridge	Calderdale Royal Hospital, Copley
532	Halifax	Ripponden	Copley, Sowerby Bridge
533	Halifax	Ripponden	Copley, Sowerby Bridge, Mill Bank
534	Halifax	Northowram	Stump Cross
535	Halifax	Rye Lane	Pellon Lane
537 538	Halifax	Huddersfield	Elland, Stainland, Outlane
539	Halifax	Huddersfield	West Vale, Stainland, Outlane
541 542	Norton Tower	Siddal	Halifax
546	Halifax	Halifax	Newlands, Warley	Circular
547	Brighouse	Huddersfield	Rastrick, Fixby
548	Halifax	Nunnery Lane	Hipperholme, Brighouse
549	Halifax	Huddersfield	Hipperholme, Brighouse, Nunnery Lane, Fixby
554	Halifax	Wainstalls	Mount Tabor
556 559	Halifax	Scammonden	Greetland, Norland (559), Barkisland
557	Halifax	Ripponden	Greetland, Norland, Barkisland
560	Halifax	Commons	Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden, Rishworth
561	Halifax	Rishworth	Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden
566	Halifax	Rishworth	Sowerby Bridge, Mill Bank, Ripponden
570	Halifax	Bradford	Elland, Brighouse, Shelf
571	Halifax	Bradford	Southowram, Brighouse, Shelf
572	Halifax	Southowram
573	Halifax	Midgley	Booth
574	Halifax	Midgley	Booth
575	Halifax	Midgley	Booth
576	Halifax	Bradford	Queensbury
577 578	Halifax	Hubberton	Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby, Boulderclough	Service 577 runs from Halifax and service 578 runs to Halifax
579	Halifax	Sowerby	Sowerby Bridge
589	Rochdale	Burnley	Littleborough, Walsden, Todmorden, Portsmouth
590	Halifax	Rochdale	Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Walsden, Littleborough
591	Halifax	Heptonstall	Hebden Bridge
592	Halifax	Burnley	Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Portsmouth
593	Halifax	Old Town	Hebden Bridge
594	Halifax	Todmorden	Hebden Bridge
832	Halifax	West End	Washer Lane
906	Hardcastle Crags	Widdop Reservoir	Hebden Bridge
A	Hebden Bridge	Hebden Bridge	Old Town, Dodd Naze	Hebden Bridger
B	Hebden Bridge	Hebden Bridge	Dodd Naze, Old Naze	Hebden Bridger
C	Hebden Bridge	Hebden Bridge	Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale	Hebden Bridger
D	Hebden Bridge	Hebden Bridge	Mytholmroyd, Banksfield	Hebden Bridger
E	Hebden Bridge	Hebden Bridge	Heptonstall, Blackshaw Head	Hebden Bridger
MC4	Elland	Brighouse	Lowfields, Elland	MetroConnect.
T1	Todmorden	Todmorden	Cross Lee	MetroConnect
T2	Todmorden	Todmorden	Longfield	MetroConnect
T3	Todmorden	Todmorden	Carr House, Highcroft	MetroConnect
T4	Todmorden	Todmorden	Carr House, Woodohuse Grove	MetroConnect
T6	Todmorden	Todmorden	Walsden, Harvelin Park	MetroConnect
T8	Todmorden	Todmorden	Halifax Road, Harvelin Park	MetroConnect
T9	Todmorden	Todmorden	Highcroft, Carr House, Woodhouse Grove	MetroConnect
X11	Parkhead	Huddersfield	Holmfirth, Honley Bridge
X13	Holmfirth	Huddersfield	Hepworth, Honley Bridge

Service Changes

Service run by First Calderdale & Huddersfield will mainly change during Metro's pre-designated dates. There are 6 dates during the year in which buses may change. They are in the final weekend of January, the 3rd weekend of April, the final weekend of July, the 1st weekend of September, the final weekend of October and the 1st or 2nd weekend of December. Occasionally, some services may change outside of these dates but the majority of changes will take place in any of the 6 dates mentioned. The changes are listed around 3 weeks in advance on their website ^[1]

In 2009 it was reported that First along with K-Line Travel and Huddersfield Bus Company will cut services in the Huddersfield area due to the economic downturn. Services to or via: Ashenhurst, Bradford, Clayton West, Dalton, Deighton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Halifax, Holmfirth, Kirkheaton, Lepton, Lindley, Lowerhouses, Meltham, Newsome, Quarmby, Slaithwaite and Wakefield will be affected.^[2]

Overground

In the last few years, First has introduced Overground services on services with a frequent daytime service. The Overground is now a prominent fixture on all First bus companies in the UK and is based on the London Underground network with each service having its own colour line. First Calderdale & Huddersfield have more than one Overground route with the same colour, although, to avoid confusion, the Overground is split into two sections, one for the Halifax area and one for the Huddersfield area. The 503 service forms the Orange Line in both areas.

The services that form the Overground network in Halifax & Huddersfield are:

Number	Branding	From	To	Via	Notes
181 182 183 184 185	Purple	Huddersfield	Wilberlee (181) Marsden Hard End (182/183) Manchester Piccadilly (184) Marsden Dirker (185)	Cowlersley, Linthwaite (181/182/183), Blackmoorfoot (182), Slaithwaite, Marsden (182-185), Oldham (184)
301 302	Yellow	Huddersfield	Golcar	Milnsbridge	Circulars
306	Pink	Huddersfield	Taylor Hill	Newsome Church	Circular
321 323 324	Green	Huddersfield	Meltham (321, 324) Marten Nest (323)	Netherton, Marten Nest (321, 323)
327	Blue	Huddersfield	Deighton Rail Station	Fartown
328	Lime Green	Bradley	Balmoral Avenue	Fartown Bar, Huddersfield
363	Brown	Huddersfield	Bradford	Bradley Bar, Brighouse, Odsal Top
370 371	Red	Lindley	Rawthorpe (370 Dalton (371)	Huddersfield, Moldgreen
372	Sky Blue	Lindley	Almondbury	Huddersfield, Waterloo
503	Orange	Halifax	Huddersfield	West Vale, Elland
508	Red	Halifax	Leeds	Shelf, Osdal, Stanningley, Bramley
510 511 512 513	Purple	Halifax	Mixenden
521	Sky Blue	Halifax	Illingworth	Ovenden Way	Circular
522	Sky Blue	Halifax	Illingworth	Keighley Road	Circular
541 542	Yellow	Siddal	Norton Tower	Halifax
548 549	Pink	Halifax	Nunnery Lane	Hipperholme, Brighouse
576	Lime Green	Halifax	Bradford	Boothtown, Queensbury
579	Brown	Halifax	Boulderclough	King Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby
590 591 592 593 594	Green	Halifax	Rochdale (590) Heptonstall (591) Burnley (592) Old Town (593) Todmorden (594)	King Cross, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden (590/2/4), Walsden (590), Littleborough (590), Portsmouth (592)

HolmfirthCONNECTION

From the 29th October 2006, buses running between Huddersfield and Holmfirth were re-branded as part of the HolmfirthCONNECTION. This was a service that was run in partnership with First Calderdale & Huddersfield and Transpennine Express. It was designed to provide a direct bus to train link for passengers travelling from the Holme Valley on the bus to Huddersfield railway station to connect with trains to Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester on Transpennine Express services.

Buses 309-316 had their timetables changed and their terminus in Huddersfield moved from the bus station (buses still serve the bus station on journeys towards Holmfirth) to the train station. The timetable changed to co-ordinate with the trains and included the introduction of a couple of late night journeys between Huddersfield and Holmfirth running after midnight. These service are currently the 314 and X10.

Passengers are able to buy tickets on the bus as normal when travelling between the Holme Valley and Huddersfield but were also able to buy tickets on the bus for their train journey as well. The tickets can be bought to be used on the day or for a week. The weekly ticket provides unlimited travel for that week on First buses in the Calderdale and Kirklees areas and on the trains from Huddersfield to Leeds, Dewsbury or Manchester.

The offer is an attractive one for people living in the Holme Valley as Holmfirth doesn't have a train station and their connections to the trains at Huddersfield train station is made easier as passengers are able to walk off the bus, into the train station and onto the train without having to queue up for another ticket.

This offer is that train travel is restricted to Transpennine Express services and is not valid on any Northern Rail train running along the same routes. The other is that the offer is only available for passengers travelling from the Holme Valley and is not available for people starting their journey on Transpennine Express services from Dewsbury, Leeds or Manchester.

In December 2007, First made several changes to its HolmfirthCONNECTION services, withdrawing the 309, 310 and 311 services, extending the daytime 312 service and the 314 service to Holme, extending the 316 service to Parkhead and re-routing the 313 service via Thongsbridge to Holmfirth before continuing to Hepworth. Three express services were introduced, the X10 from Holme to Huddersfield, plus 1 journey each on the X13 from Hepworth to Huddersfield and the X16 from Parkhead to Huddersfield.

The changes were originally proposed for October 2007 but was delayed following complaints from local residents who were unhappy with some of the changes, especially the 313 service as Jackson Bridge would be left unserved by First^[3]. This led to a protest outside Holmfirth bus station ^[4]. Following consulation with First and Metro^[5], First agreed to provide some buses to run via Jackson Bridge and introduce some peak time express journeys. Also as some compensation, First offered free travel to all passengers of services 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, X10, X13 and X16 on its first weekday service, on the 10th December 2007^[6].

HolmfirthCONNECTION services underwent changes again in July 2008, with the Monday-Saturday daytime service on service 312 and all journeys on service 315 withdrawn and replaced by new service 308. More changes took place in April 2009, with the 308 terminating at Holmfirth instead of Parkhead, the 314 re-routed between Holmfirth and Holme, the 316 serving Parkhead instead of Holme and the X10 and X16 services replaced by a new X11 service, while in July 2009, all 313A journeys were re-numbered 313.

The current services that form the HolmfirthCONNECTION are:

No	Route
308	Huddersfield - Lockwood Bar - Newsome - Honley Bridge - Honley - Oldfield - Netherthong - Holmfirth
312	Huddersfield - Lockwood Bar - Blagden Farm - Honley Bridge - Honley - Oldfield - Netherthong - Holmfirth - Parkhead Evenings and Sundays only
313	Huddersfield - Honley Bridge - Brockholes - Holmfirth - Scholes - Hepworth
314	Huddersfield - Honley Bridge - Brockholes - New Mill - Holmfirth - Holmbridge - Holme
316	Huddersfield - Honley Bridge - Brockholes - New Mill - Holmfirth - Parkhead
X11	Parkhead - Holmfirth - Honley Bridge - Huddersfield Limited Stop
X13	Hepworth - Scholes - Holmfirth - Honley Bridge - Huddersfield Limited Stop

MelthamCONNECTION

From 27 July 2008, buses running between Huddersfield, Netherton, Marten Nest and Meltham are to be re-branded as part of the MelthamCONNECTION. It is based on the HolmfirthCONNECTION services that was introduced in 2006 to services running between the Holme Valley and Huddersfield. It is designed to provide a direct bus to train link for passengers travelling from Meltham, Marten Nest and Netherton on the bus to Huddersfield train station to connect with trains to Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester on Transpennine Express services. Buses 321, 323 and 324 will have their timetables changed but unlike the HolmfirthCONNECTION, their terminus in Huddersfield will stay at the bus station and not serve the train station in Huddersfield. Passengers are able to buy tickets on the bus as normal when travelling to Huddersfield but were also able to buy tickets on the bus for their train journey as well. The tickets can be bought to be used on the day or for a week. The weekly ticket provides unlimited travel for that week on First buses in the Calderdale and Kirklees areas and on the trains from Huddersfield to Leeds, Dewsbury or Manchester.

The offer is an attractive one for people living in the Meltham and Netherton areas as they don't have a train station and their connections to the trains at Huddersfield train station is made easier as passengers are able to walk off the bus, into the train station and onto the train without having to queue up for another ticket.

The services that will form the MelthamCONNECTION are:

No	Route
321	Huddersfield – Netherton – Marten Nest - Meltham Evenings and Sundays only
323	Huddersfield – Netherton – Marten Nest
324	Huddersfield – Netherton – Meltham

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: FirstGroup buses in the United Kingdom

• First in Calderdale & Huddersfield
• Holmfirth CONNECTION (First C&H website)
• HolmfirthCONNECTION (TransPennine Express website)

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