more modern transport is provided by the slaithwaite railway station, which has direct trains to huddersfield and manchester. the colne valley defines local geography by channelling the railway line, the canal and the a62: each of which has at one time been the primary means of transport across the pennines. the small humpbacked bridge over the canal is called 'tim brig'; it is said to be named after a local inn keeper who used the bridge during smuggling operations with the narrowboats passing through.