| D1 | |
|---|---|
 The rear of a Team Pennine Alexander Dennis Enviro200 branded for the Denby Darts D1 service | |
| Overview | |
| Operator | Team Pennine |
| Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro200 |
| Status | Operating |
| Route | |
| Start | Denby Dale |
| Via | Clayton West Skelmanthorpe Kirkburton |
| End | Huddersfield |
D1 Denby Darts is a bus route, operated by Team Pennine that runs between Denby Dale and Huddersfield via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Kirkburton.
In April 2019, two local councillors complained about the service, then numbered 233 and operated by Yorkshire Tiger, claiming that people are frustrated about the service and feel its fleet is outdated. [1] [2] From 25 July 2021, the route was rebranded as D1 Denby Darts, coinciding with the transfer of Yorkshire Tiger from Arriva to Transdev and its rebranding as Team Pennine. [3] [4]
As part of the rebranding as D1, the route began being operated with refurbished Alexander Dennis Enviro200s. [5]
The route is operated by Team Pennine and runs between Denby Dale and Huddersfield via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Kirkburton. [6]
The route runs every 30 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, and every hour on Sundays and public holidays. [6]
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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Skelmanthorpe is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Huddersfield. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 4,549.
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Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach Group.
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Grange Moor is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2019, it had an estimated population of 1,101.
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The Kirkburton branch was a railway branch in West Yorkshire, England. The line was built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in the 1860s, the only LNWR branch line in the Huddersfield area, although originally, the intention had been to link Kirkburton with Clayton West and through to Barnsley, but this never came to fruition. The line opened to traffic in 1867, and was closed to passengers in 1930. Freight carried on using the branch until 1965. A second railway station for Deighton was opened in 1982 on the main running line between Huddersfield and Mirfield. The removal of passenger services along the branch was down to low passenger numbers; the railway ran along the valley floor and most of the populated areas were high up on the valley sides.