Leeds-Bradford Lines
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The Leeds-Bradford Lines services are those included in the West Yorkshire Metro area system of Lines.
Services involved
The services include those on the following Lines:- Caldervale LineCaldervale LineThe Caldervale Line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool...
- Wharfedale LineWharfedale LineThe Wharfedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service connects Ilkley with Leeds and Bradford, and is operated by Northern Rail. West Yorkshire Metrocards are available for use on the line, covering Zones 3 - 5...
- Airedale LineAiredale LineThe Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton in the North of England. Some services along the line continue to Morecambe or Carlisle...
Places served
Those services serve the following places from Leeds railway station, to which West Yorkshire MetroCards are available; there are two routes:- to Bradford InterchangeBradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
was on the Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
(GNR) line; some stations are closed:- HolbeckHolbeck railway stationHolbeck railway station was a railway station that served the district of Holbeck, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Overview:Holbeck Station was unusual in that it had platforms on two different levels, the Holbeck High Level and the Holbeck Low Level .The low level platforms were closed to the...
High Level station (closed 1962 when service was from Leeds Central station) - Armley MoorArmley Moor railway stationArmley Moor railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Leeds and Bramley. The location was between Carr Crofts and Wortley Road bridges, accessed via Station Road....
(closed 1966) - WortleyWortley, West YorkshireWortley is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It begins one mile to the west of the city centre.In the 1086 Domesday Book it is mentioned as Wirtlei, also Wirtleie and Wrleia. Later it was known as Wirkelay until about 1700...
- BramleyBramley (West Yorkshire) railway stationBramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line west from Leeds.The present station off Stanningley Road opened on 12 September 1983 by Metro . It replaced a station on the same site, opened on 1 August 1854 and closed on 2 July...
(closed 1966, reopened 1983) - New PudseyNew Pudsey railway stationNew Pudsey railway station is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the Caldervale Line from Leeds City to Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, and Blackpool North...
(opened 1967) - Stanningley for Farsley (closed 1967)
- LaisterdykeLaisterdyke railway stationLaisterdyke railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.-History:The station was opened on 1 August 1854 as part of the Great Northern Railway Leeds to line.The station was closed to passengers on 4 July 1966....
(closed 1966) - Bradford Interchange station: was Bradford Exchange - joint GNR/Lancashire and Yorkshire RailwayLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayThe Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
owned
- Holbeck
- to Bradford Forster SquareBradford Forster Square railway stationBradford Forster Square station is a railway station in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The majority of services to/from the station use Class 333 electrified trains operated by Northern Rail, on the Airedale Line to Skipton, the Wharfedale Line to Ilkley and the Leeds-Bradford Line to Leeds.The...
Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
owned; many stations closed, served the following places:- HolbeckHolbeck railway stationHolbeck railway station was a railway station that served the district of Holbeck, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Overview:Holbeck Station was unusual in that it had platforms on two different levels, the Holbeck High Level and the Holbeck Low Level .The low level platforms were closed to the...
Low Level station (closed 1958) - Armley Canal RoadArmleyArmley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than a mile from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the industrial revolution and had several mills, one of which is now the Armley Mills museum...
(closed 1965) - KirkstallKirkstallKirkstall is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. To the west is Bramley, to the east is Headingley and to the north is West Park. Kirkstall is around from the city centre and is close to the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan...
(closed 1965) - Kirkstall ForgeKirkstall Forge railway stationKirkstall Forge is a proposed station between Leeds and Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. Metro, the Passenger Transport Executive for West Yorkshire, intends to open the station along with Apperley Bridge....
(closed 1905). Plans are afoot to reopen Kirkstall Forge station by 2010/11. - Newlay (closed 1965)
- CalverleyCalverleyCalverley is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, on the A657 road, midway between Leeds city centre and Bradford...
and RodleyRodley, West YorkshireRodley is a village on the outskirts of west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with a recorded history dating back a thousand years. The earliest use of the name on record appears to be RODELE who was listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086, and REDLEGA who was recorded in Yorkshire in 1157...
(closed 1965) - Apperley Bridge and RawdonApperley Bridge railway stationApperley Bridge was a station on the line between Leeds and Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, between 1846 and 1965...
(closed 1965) Plans are afoot to reopen Apperley Bridge station by 2010/11. - ShipleyShipley, West YorkshireShipley is a town in West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, north of Bradford and north-west of Leeds....
- FrizinghallFrizinghall railway stationFrizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station, an unstaffed halt north of Bradford Forster Square is on the Airedale Line, and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail....
(closed 1965, reopened 1987) - ManninghamManningham, BradfordManningham is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, approximately a mile north of the city centre and is seen as the centre of the city's south Asian population.- Geography :...
(closed 1965) - Bradford Forster Square stationBradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
- Holbeck