Cleckheaton and Huddersfield

[angrycommuter]

Why are these two towns so badly connected by bus? There is no evening or Sunday service and only one bus per hour during the day (with exceptions at the peaks). Huddersfield is a nice town to visit (except the area by Wilkinsons with all the £1 shops, chav's and pigeons). Comparing to Bradford, Huddersfield is far better, but yet Bradford has 7 buses per hour (5 268's, a 253 and a 256). The 220 is always well loaded on the route so why do Arriva not increase the service they provide?

[SF07]

I'm sure Arriva will argue the case that if people wanted to travel between Cleckheaton and Huddersfield, they can also change at Heckmondwike on to the 229.

But I'm sure an half-hour service between Cleckheaton and Huddersfield would suffice, extending the 220 journey that terminates at Cleckheaton, but it may see other Arriva services having to change its times, as the 220/229 currently runs a combined 20 minute frequency into/out of Huddersfield.

[westyorkshirebus]

There used to be a more frequent service but as is typical of that area, Arriva cut it back to once an hour

You could say the same about Halifax, this used to traditionally have 3 buses an hour from Cleckheaton, now only one

I doubt many people would change at Heckmondwike, they'll either use the hourly bus or not bother with the bus at all

[SF07]

Found a network map for Calderdale and North/South Kirklees from six years ago, which shows how much Arriva have cut servces around Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike since then, as mentioned in other threads on here. A list of services from then, including its Monday-Saturday daytime service frequency in brackets:

• 213 Ouzelwell-Dewsbury-Batley-Heckmondwike-Cleckheaton (60)
  
• 217/219 Huddersfield-Mirfield-Heckmondwike-Birstall-Leeds (30)
  
• 218/220 Huddersfield-Cleckheaton-Birstall-Leeds (30)
  
• 221/229 Huddersfield-Heckmondwike-Birstall-Leeds (30)
  
• 223/224 Halifax-Cleckheaton-Birkenshaw-Leeds (30)
  
• 225 Brighouse-Cleckheaton-Birkenshaw-Leeds (60)
  
• 226 Halifax-Cleckheaton-Heckmondwike-Batley-Leeds (60)
  
• 250/253/257/258 Wakefield-Dewsbury-Mirfield-Cleckheaton-Bradford (30)
  
• 254 Dewsbury-Heckmondwike-Cleckheaton-Drighlington-Leeds (60)
  
• 259 Dewsbury-Heckmondwike-Gomersal-Birkenshaw-Bradford (60)
  
• 268 Dewsbury-Heckmondwike-Cleckheaton-Oakenshaw-Bradford (12 (Weekdays)/15 (Saturdays))
  
• 284 Dewsbury-Batley-Birstall-Birkenshaw-Gomersal-Cleckheaton (60 (Saturdays only))
  
• 274 Dewsbury-Dewsbury Hospital-Heckmondwike (60)
  
• X19 Huddersfield-Heckmondwike-Birstall-Leeds (Morning peak)
  
• X24 Halifax-Cleckheaton-Leeds (Peak times)
  
• X25 Halifax-Elland-Brighouse-Cleckheaton-Leeds (Peak times)
  And of course
  
• X33 Bradford-Cleckheaton-Heckmondwike-Dewsbury-Wakefield-Barnsley-Meadowhall-Sheffield (60)