Editing Marsden, West Yorkshire (section)

==Transport==
===Road===
[[File:Packhorse bridge in Marsden, West Yorkshire.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Mellor Bridge, one of Marsden's two packhorse bridges, with St Bartholomew's Church in the background]]
Several generations of tracks and roads have crossed the moors near Marsden. Mellor Bridge and Close Gate Bridge are both [[packhorse bridges]]. 

The [[A62 road]] between Huddersfield and Oldham passes through the village and the Standedge cutting some 2.5 miles (4&nbsp;km) to the west. The road between Oldham and Huddersfield, especially the stretch between Marsden and [[Diggle, Greater Manchester|Diggle]], was named the fourth most dangerous road in Britain in 2003-2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6236636.stm |title=Britain's most dangerous roads |date=25 June 2007 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

===Railway===
[[Marsden railway station]] is sited on the [[Huddersfield line]]. Services are operated by [[TransPennine Express]] to locations including [[Huddersfield railway station|Huddersfield]], [[Manchester Piccadilly]], [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] and [[Hull railway station|Hull]].<ref> {{Cite web |work=TransPennine Express |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |url= https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

===Buses===
Local bus services are operated primarily by [[First West Yorkshire]]. Routes run to Huddersfield, [[Honley]], [[Slaithwaite]], [[Saddleworth]] and [[Oldham]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Marsden |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/marsden-huddersfield |quote=}}</ref>

There was a [[Huddersfield Corporation Tramways|tram service]] from Huddersfield to Marsden between 1914 and 1938<ref>{{cite book |last= Brook|first= Roy|date= 1983|title= Huddersfield Corporation Tramways|location= Huddersfield|publisher= Roy Brook}}</ref> and a [[Trolleybuses in Huddersfield|trolley bus service]] from 1938 to 1963.<ref>{{cite book |last= Brook|first= Roy|date= 1976|title= The Trolleybuses of Huddersfield|location= Manchester|publisher= Manchester Transport Museum Society}}</ref>  After the Second World War, extremely cheap fares (1d. return) allowed school children from Huddersfield access to the moors around Marsden during summer holidays.

===Canal===
[[File:Standedge Tunnel End, Marsden, West Yorkshire.jpg|thumb|Tunnel End, the eastern entrance to Standedge Canal Tunnel]]
The [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]] and the Huddersfield-Manchester railway enter the parallel rail and canal [[Standedge Tunnels]] about half a mile (0.8&nbsp;km) to the west of the village centre.