They called this line WHAT? Sheffield to Huddersfield with Northern!

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This week, we take a ride on the scenic and amusingly named Penistone line, from Sheffield to Huddersfield with Northern!
Date of Travel: April 2023
Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class)
Rolling Stock: Class 150 Sprinter
Type of Service: Ordinary Passenger
Operator: Northern Trains Limited
Train Number: 2B60
Origin: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (England)
Destination: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (England)
Cost of ticket: £3.10 ($3.85, €3.50)
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@matthewdevalle404 Жыл бұрын

I'm really hoping Penistone is twinned with Scunthorpe.

@pmberry 11 ай бұрын

We're twinned with a town in Iceland but Wombwell is on the Penistone Line.

@egpx Жыл бұрын

There used to be a branch off the Penistone Line from Shepley to Clayton West that somehow survived the Beeching cuts and saw passenger services to Huddersfield into the eighties. However, with the closing of the coal mine at Clayton West the cost of maintaining the line could not be justified and it was closed. The line passed through a tunnel close to my old secondary school, Shelley High. There is now a narrow gauge line, the Kirklees Light Railway, that runs along the old route including through the tunnel which is worth a trip.

@madbess4098 Жыл бұрын

I traveled this line every workday for 7yrs in the 1980s- Brockholes to Sheffield. I recall many a snowy morning, standing on the platform in Brockholes around 6:30 AM, only for the train not to show up! Midland Station has had a make-over and I like that the trains now have usb plugs and free wi-fi, but it's nice to see the view from the carriage window hasn't really changed a lot! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 🙂

@jjsmallpiece9234 Жыл бұрын

Living the dream - Sheffield to Huddersfield

@Olivers-trains Жыл бұрын

it is a great line, I saw the first 150/0 to go through the line and was also present to see one of the first ones in passenger traffic and travelled on one the same day.

@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

I didn't have an issue with the name of the line, it was the pronunciation of Hallam that I was shocked by 😆

@BibtheBoulder Жыл бұрын

Haylum....lol...hilarious...

@CheekyBandit Жыл бұрын

How to pronounce the stop after Barnsley kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZqKZq5hqp_YkX0.html. I have known station announcements get it wrong.

@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

@@CheekyBandit yeah, all locals know its a silent "w" Speaking of Barnsley, A couple of years ago there was a bit of a mix up with the announcements that get played in the interchange/bus stations, and I heard "while in Barnsley Interchange" in Rotherham bus station 😆 definitely one of those "did I just hear that right" moments 🤣

@CheekyBandit Жыл бұрын

Like Sheffield who have also seem to have got Manea wrong (they pronounced it "Mannier")

@spongebot64 Жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity not having a line between this and Scunthorpe

@philipwalton4877 Жыл бұрын

Penistone , Scunthorpe… I see what you did there 😂😂😂

@WerewolfLord Жыл бұрын

There is no reason ever to go to Scunthorpe.

@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Жыл бұрын

@@WerewolfLord Well sorry the way it’s pronounced is not hilarious at all! Just if you mispronounce it

@MattN3 Жыл бұрын

I've done that line 4 or 5 times and it never fails to impress and make you realise your level of maturity. You missed that on Sundays some of them trains reverse in Sheffield and go all the way to Lincoln, my hometown, a place well worth visiting

@paulharvey9149 Жыл бұрын

I'm never sure that 2 x 3 seating actually works! People who don't know each other tend not to want to be too cosy, while few prefer to join those that do! What do others think?

@barrieshepherd7694 Жыл бұрын

I agree, I suspect that the 2+3 arrangement is to meet some DfT KPI rather than any consideration for customer satisfaction. I also suspect that, apart from maybe a one hour peak loading window, many middle seats are unoccupied - even when loads are high people seem to think these seats are for bags rather than customers 🤣. It would seem, to me , that it would be better to go with 2+2 or if 2+3 has to be retained space the seats to give more legroom.

@stephenlaarkamp7344 Жыл бұрын

Being from the U.S. where 2x3 seating is pretty normal for commuter and regional trains, it's always surprising to see how narrow they can be in Britain. It's no doubt because U.S. trains have a wider loading gauge, so there is a lot more room on the inside to work with, so it works a bit better here. Even then, more newer commuter trains here are going to 2x2 with double-deckers, so the issue does remain, just to a lesser degree than the UK.

@Stevenspielburger Жыл бұрын

It gives you more cheaper advanced singles

@barrieshepherd7694 Жыл бұрын

@@Stevenspielburger How come? Ticket prices are not bound to seating capacity. Anyway do Northern even sell advanced single tickets?

@Stevenspielburger Жыл бұрын

@@barrieshepherd7694 They do. Dylan travelled on advanced single. They're are now more available seats so more advances. Another example is EMR. The 3x2 seating of the "connect" services offer more cheap advance tickets than the less capacious 222's from the same station

@TB76Returns 10 ай бұрын

Actually, after being transferred to Northern, the 150/0s were first used on the Ribble Valley line between Clitheroe and Rochdale,as I can remember seeing them at Clitheroe station (hell even riding one to Ramsgreave and Wilpshire once) from 2021 to 2022, but they now have been transferred to the Penistone line....fitting as the 144 Pacers they used on the line were 3 car units

@ricktownend9144 Жыл бұрын

Lovely to see this line featured; I remember the fight to save it back in the 1970s/80s. It's a lovely bit of the country. I can't believe the lack of priority given to reliability. The trains are well used, despite the roundabout route, and there appear to be hardly any bus alternatives: surely an opportunity there for one of our enterprising, innovative and - er - passenger-friendly privatised bus companies ...

@HumbertoMesa Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ride !!! 🇺🇾

@bobbyshafto3259 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting Dylan. We recently had a day out on the p??? from Huddersfield to Dodworth,Barnsley and Penistone and it was a TOP day out. They were trying to shut this line in the early 80's no trains on Sundays and last train on an evening about 7pm....since then,with the addition of Barnsley and Meadowhall it's been booming and long may that continue. Cheers!

@matthewharty6531 Жыл бұрын

cracking vid dylan haven't used it in so long I can't actually remember.I tend to just use the transpennine routes

@kevinellis8869 Жыл бұрын

Didn't realize the 3 car 150s were created the same way as the 158s on the much maligned Portsmouth-Cardiff route that I used very often in the 2010s. Two car sets anywhere can create capacity issues (Nottingham-Leeds being a particular example) and many smaller stations can't cope with anything longer but we need to ensure passengers can have some comfort.

@michaelscott7166 Жыл бұрын

The next time you pull in to Huddersfield you should see if you can pay Felix and Bolt a visit.

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, haven't seen them in ages

@nachbarslumpi7093 Жыл бұрын

Always strange to see a central station without any electrification, even we in Germany have done just 60 % of the net, but nothing in a bigger city is unimaginable. It’s the 21 st century remember.

@sinadiatta9905 7 ай бұрын

Sheffield is the 4th biggest British city as well! And yet it only sees diesel trains. Even London has an non electrified terminus (Marlyborne)

@retrorambles517 Жыл бұрын

I did this route in October 22 Train there and back was on time The leg room was bad so had to move to a side seat and I'm short It is a nice line and scenic route

@Sim0nTrains Жыл бұрын

150001 and 150002 are 3 car trains which don't have the cab in the middle as they were built as 3 coach unlike the other 4 150/0s do love Brockholes Station and visited that area once but do love the name Penistone 😂 Great video.

@luisstransport Жыл бұрын

Great trip report Dylan

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@hassanalihusseini1717 Жыл бұрын

In october 2017 I travelled on that service from Huddersfield to Dodsworth and back a few days later. I wondered also about the name of a particular station....

@iskra1234 Жыл бұрын

You missed the best thing about Sheffield Station; the Sheffield Tap. It's genuinely palatial in the back room.

@MartinJames389 9 ай бұрын

"Haleham"? It's Hallam. Surely Penistone viaduct is before the station, not after it, if you're coming from Sheffield.

@jasonmoore7854 Жыл бұрын

Living in Barnsley, I agree that the service is bad, you got it on a good day though. Usually there are about 7 to 8 cancellations a day. It definately needs improving, but it is scenic, which is a bonus.

@EpicThe112 Жыл бұрын

Really excellent video Dylan and in some situations your 150/0 at Huddersfield will then go over the NTP to Manchester Victoria via Standege Tunnel Marsden as an ECS move for a combined 150/2 150/0 Calder Valley Line trip if needed

@richardbutler4488 Жыл бұрын

At least Dylan didn’t take the mick too much out of the p stone line punctuation. It was a smooth ride down the line with the Mrs to deal with any stones 😂

@deco983 Жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@eyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

I love the tone of dis

@4CarPolish Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the GWR 158 sets

@bradyreed3457 Жыл бұрын

There should be a high-speed direct train from Penistone to Peñiscola, Spain.

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

Nice to see my hometown station made it in your video (Barnsley or as we call it "tarn").. Did you visit the station pubs at Sheffield or Huddersfield? As An FYI I know a northern driver who says 150, 158 are the most common to the Penistone route although the CAFS do make an odd appearance as they are "light"

@arokh72 Жыл бұрын

You've been to Penistone, next stop Yorkeys Knob in Queensland :)

@andrewwilson6240 Жыл бұрын

Sheffield has a feel of the other MR stations nearby. Nottingham and Leicester and Derby (had it not been knocked down in the 80s)

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

The issue with Sheffield is nunnery main like junction. So restrictive

@harrisonsnazel7482 Жыл бұрын

I just could stop laughing at the name of the railway line😂

@mikemidulster Жыл бұрын

'Grow up' Mrs Dylan. LOL Great video!

@sheilaathay2034 Жыл бұрын

❤

@smurfman6377 Жыл бұрын

Exelnt report, tight to say the lease about seating.

@TheSpotify95 Жыл бұрын

1:51 Oh no, it's one of CrossCountry's dreaded Voyagers!

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

Poor man's desirio lol

@jumpinallans Жыл бұрын

It's important when you choose a name for a line that it is descriptive. It'd be wrong to cock it up ;)

@michaelformaini7053 Жыл бұрын

Oh, very droll! I hadn't noticed the double-entendre until these comments.

@jumpinallans Жыл бұрын

@@michaelformaini7053 you're welcome

@sanjaychirukuri5533 Жыл бұрын

That's a funny line 😂😂😂

@michaelformaini7053 Жыл бұрын

Looks like you had a typical English summer's day (in spring) for this trip on THAT line. I hadn't noticed the double entendre for Penistone until this video. Next time you travel on a Northern Class 150 it might be a good idea for you to pick a bay of four or isolated seat row so you don't have a dead leg at the end of the trip. Oh dear, I can see another naughty joke coming here! Tut,Tut on your speeding ticket. Hopefully no more donations to the Government coffers in future. Looking forward to your next (hopefully, sunny) trip.🙂🙂🙂

@TheSpotify95 Жыл бұрын

46 mph in a temporary 40 mph limit is nothing, most people nowadays don't tend to take any notice whatsoever about speed limits... Still, it's good that you're driving as well - I decided not to until I actually need to start driving, due to high insurance prices.

@grahamleach4101 Жыл бұрын

This looks very familiar my hometown

@GamerSpencer Жыл бұрын

Nice to see your wife again! Still love the travel reports (And adore her shoes!) plus its the area I am thinking of moving to in the next few years, so good to know about the train travel!

@davidraynorsnow Жыл бұрын

Barnsley also glass production my home town

@transportlegend.shorts Жыл бұрын

I looking forward to this Dylan 👍 could you possibly do ScotRail Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley review? Thanks

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Maybe next time I'm up that way 😁

@transportlegend.shorts Жыл бұрын

@@DylansTravelReports 😃

@borderlands6606 Жыл бұрын

I pity anyone doing this commute on a daily basis. Until the 1980s the line took the much shorter former Great Central Railway route. The track was singled in 1989, meaning no direct trains and only a couple of passing loops. It's pretty enough on a nice day, but 1hr 16mins is madness for an essential bit of northern railway infrastructure. They need to double track it, asap, it was quicker in Victorian times.

@schnitzel1984 Жыл бұрын

No mention of the award winning real ale pub 😢

@TheGBs1972 8 ай бұрын

I drive that regularly

@harrymcdonnagh9657 Жыл бұрын

150's are underrated

@joermnyc Жыл бұрын

That old Top Gear bit with the fake sponsor on a race car ‘Penistone Oils” but when they opened the door only the first part of the first word was visible.

@harryelliott4310 Жыл бұрын

Northern Class 150

@garrymartin6474 Жыл бұрын

It was a much better, quicker service when it ran up the former Great Central and L&Y route although I suppose by running via Barnsley there is probably passenger use.

@JP-oe4ry Жыл бұрын

last time i was on this train after a few beers I asked a lad "does this toilet have a train"?

@TheSitruc46 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video and I’m not commenting on the name of the rail line 😂

@droge192 Жыл бұрын

Ho ho ho ho ho.

@alastairhopkins245 Жыл бұрын

Crash bang clatter Crash bang clatter Crash bang clatter Crash bang clatter Ladies and gentlemen, we are now approaching Meadowhall interchange. Meadowhall interchange station next stop. Crash bang clatter Crash bang clatter Crash bang clatter SCREEEEEEEEEECH!!!

@sheridanius Жыл бұрын

Nice video and review. Only one thing that made me cringe was your pronunciation of Hallam. Other than that it was really good to see the beautiful Yorkshire countryside even on a gloomy day. Thanks!

@davidwilliams8405 Жыл бұрын

Sheffield; there was a great, classic *EOTWAWKI movie that came out in 1984, that took place in Sheffield, "Threads" was the name. Either it was the grainy quality of the film, or maybe it was really that dark and dreary in those days, but the Sheffield in your video looked bright and shiny by comparison. * End of the world as we know it.

@notoriousdog8942 Жыл бұрын

Not heard someone pronounce Hallam as Haylum before 😂

@jamesrichardson476 Жыл бұрын

My son (a graduate of the University of Sheffield) informs me that the correct pronunciation of "Hallam" is "Sheffield Poly" 😆😆

@barrieshepherd7694 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesrichardson476 Was about to say that - another make believe University from a Polytechnic. (I can say that as I attended it when it was the Poly )

@joinmeonthedarkside2 8 ай бұрын

Impossible to stick to time on that line , single lines and a lot of station stops , old slow traction and often changeable track conditions.

@Andrea.583 Жыл бұрын

Penistone, where you could change for an electric train to Manchester..........

@borderlands6606 Жыл бұрын

..Or London. In fact there used to be named trains from Bradford to London on the Penistone line.

@michaausleipzig Жыл бұрын

So after you joined the bottom of the Penistone line you basically went up the shaft?

@johnlambert5732 11 ай бұрын

What did Stocksmoor & Honley do wrong ?

@u7yf3tz5vm Жыл бұрын

Of these hybrids, 005 has two toilets and 003/004/006 only have one.

@SionsTrainVideos Жыл бұрын

yep because 150212,209 had a nasty crash when they was new and the toilet carriages had to be scrapped

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought there must have been one with two toilets kicking around somewhere

@SionsTrainVideos Жыл бұрын

@@DylansTravelReports there's big storys when 150209 was with GWR like a 153 coupled with 150209 unit was called 153399 hybrid unit

@markmcniven2625 Жыл бұрын

It could've been worse, it could've went to Cockermouth.

@michaelscott7166 Жыл бұрын

Or Clitheroe.

@fi7289 Жыл бұрын

How do you find these cheaper prices??

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Book in advance

@briancuckson6480 Жыл бұрын

I bet it was a Stiff choice doing this review. 2:56

@grahamdavidcowley Жыл бұрын

Where is Sheffield Haylem University. It's a Yorkshire name, so its pronounced as its spelt... Hal...lam!

@dannydanny9875 9 ай бұрын

4:32 THAT'S A REAL NAME??? lol

@adrianbenn7250 Жыл бұрын

How about doing a video from the world's oldest mainline terminal station?

@sylviegonzalez1153 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what there logo is like 😂

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, not what you think 😂

@deeser Жыл бұрын

We managed to get rid of the *hateful* Pacer trains, so can we please ditch Sprinters too? Yorkshire deserves better than this. On the plus side, great video as always and Mrs Travelreports is absolutely correct to snigger at "Penistone".

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

I miss the nodding donkeys a little lol

@RichPAFC1987 Жыл бұрын

Sprinters likely to be around until the mid 2030s

@littlebigman5791 Жыл бұрын

It's hallam university , not haylam university.

@janelockwood347 11 ай бұрын

What happened to Shepley?!

@jasperjenkin6645 Жыл бұрын

how many journeys do you plan but then you get there and your train is cancelled

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, not all that many

@rezaalan3991 Жыл бұрын

Great trip. What an unique rail line, I'm bit curious about that spelling or pronunciations the rail line.

@davidraynorsnow Жыл бұрын

Pen is tone as in Pennines

@davidraynorsnow Жыл бұрын

I'm from local area

@AFCManUk Жыл бұрын

Sheffield to Huddersfield, on what pretty much equates to a Bus! 2023 and they STILL have awful trains like that!!

@jamie_j0h Жыл бұрын

Great video, but no way you pronounced Hallam as hale-em. It's pronounced hal(as in Halifax)-am

@jonathanmoss5328 Жыл бұрын

You’ve got the format down well. More exotic trips are more interesting though?

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

Hopefully 🤞

@gonffc Жыл бұрын

Local here! It's Hal-am not Hall-am

@legitibitmaster3264 Жыл бұрын

08:52 is that ur wife bro bless 🥹

@BenKata23 Жыл бұрын

It’s Hallam not hellam

@walterfillingham Жыл бұрын

My god that’s the worst leg room I’ve seen on a train! I was surprised to see a toilet in what looks like an old commuter train. Even with the weather the scenery looks nice.. once again the pice is astonishing nowhere in Aberdeenshire, Moray or Highlands do you find prices as low as that

@thomilsvlog4544 Жыл бұрын

Love the video, but given the name of the line, I can’t get myself to push Like, as the video currently stands at 69. Peak maturity 😶

@DylansTravelReports Жыл бұрын

😂

@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi Жыл бұрын

Boa tarde Dylan lindo trem bom

@PhilMacVee Жыл бұрын

Did tha mean Sheffield Midland Station?

@graham76man Жыл бұрын

Sorry Phil it's not been called that for years!

@DavidWilliams7037A Жыл бұрын

@@graham76man It was Sheffield Midland the last time I used it to get to Bristol :). I also used to use Victoria to get to East Anglia.

@CDRiley Жыл бұрын

there was a peeking Tom watching you in washroom ! ? 7:09

@Thundercats201 Жыл бұрын

One day you should visit grand central Madison. I herd it's amazing

@AndrewG1989 Жыл бұрын

Network Rail should still electrify the existing lines in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and North Yorkshire so that electric and Bi-Mode trains can still operate on. And to electrify the East Lancashire Line to Burnley, Rochdale and Blackburn.

@anthonylewin6935 Жыл бұрын

it looks wrong with a 3 car unit

@eyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

Spare unit....these jokes write themselves

@abshivkumar2549 Жыл бұрын

Dirty mind activated

@EuroDC1990 Жыл бұрын

A lovely though hilariously indirect route. The 150s on the other hand... I'd honestly rather have a pair of Pacers!

@egpx Жыл бұрын

It used to be a more direct route. The Sheffield to Penistone section ran along a part of the old Woodhead Transpennine line. Only when that line was closed did the Huddersfield to Sheffield service run via Barnsley.

@imsbvs Жыл бұрын

the joke about the line's name is likely to be lost to those for whom English is a second language! Having 3 across seating is no fun, especially for the lucky person in the middle, made worse as there are no armrests.

@TheSpotify95 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think that all standard class accommodation should be 2+2, not 2+3...

@Th0Y 11 ай бұрын

It's also HAllAM not HAILAM

@jackcrawford3921 Жыл бұрын

Is the Sheffield-Huddersfield route the most scenic train route in Yorkshire?

@lindseyrea9237 Жыл бұрын

You didn't see Felix or Bolt on the platform at Huddersfield?

@barrieshepherd7694 Жыл бұрын

Sheffield Midland station could probably win the title of the worst station to change trains / wait at. It's a decent walk to the shopping centre, smelly (diesel units constantly running) windswept, unsheltered and waiting 'areas' , such as they are, cold and uncomfortable. Last minute platform changes make rushing around necessary. The only marginal improvement over the years is the glassing in of the old taxi rank, at the front, making it a concourse. Edit: and it's served by two of the worst TOCs TPE & Northern.

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

TPE isn't that bad.

@barrieshepherd7694 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGodfatherUk 😂 That's a matter of opinion! - On the 6 or 7 times I've used them to get from Sheffield to Manchester over the last 18 months more than half have either been cancelled or very late or full to capacity. Now they don't run directly to the airport is a further blow. However not surprising as they are a First Group operator - so join the list of other First Group TOCs who underperform.

@TheGodfatherUk Жыл бұрын

@@barrieshepherd7694 I didn't know they don't do Manchester Airport route from Sheff anymore. To he fair when I lived in Barnsley I preferred to go through Huddersfield instead!.. Now I just drive from Burnley where I've moved to lol. Problem for me with Sheffield station is the nunnery main line entry and exit. It literally starves the station!