tbtc
Veteran Member
In terms of time, that's rather nearer the traipse via Leeds, than the train service which is around half an hour.
Agreed, but I don't think there's a huge demand for fast services between the two (which is why one of the big selling points for the Huddersfield - Westgate service used to be that it gave connections to GNER/ NXEC/ EC/ VTEC services at Westgate - i.e. more people on the Huddersfield train were using it to connect to ECML services rather than to go to Wakefield itself) - which is why the bus service is more about connecting intermediate villages than the Huddersfield - Wakefield journey time
I can't remember any express services in the past, whilst some other West Yorkshire places did at least have that (e.g. the X33 linked Wakefield with Dewsbury and Leeds) - obviously there are still other "fast" bus services like the X63 from Huddersfield to Bradford and the X6 from Bradford to Leeds - it's just that Huddersfield to Wakefield doesn't seem like enough of a market (possibly because the two places are too similar, there's no huge need to leave one for the other)