huddersfield railway station has a comprehensive local and regional rail service but there is no direct service to london, and passengers have to change at manchester piccadilly, leeds, wakefield westgate or mirfield. some services are subsidised by the public transport coordinator, west yorkshire metro. a frequent express service operates to dewsbury, leeds and manchester and regular services to darlington, hull, liverpool, manchester airport, middlesbrough, newcastle, scarborough and york operated by transpennine express. there are local stopping services operated by northern linking huddersfield with barnsley, bradford, brighouse, dewsbury, halifax, leeds, sheffield and wakefield.