Leeds – Bradford Interchange railway line
| Leeds – Bradford Interchange | |
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| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
The Leeds – Bradford Interchange railway connects the two largest cities in West Yorkshire , England . It emerged from a route between Leeds Central Station and Bradford Adolphus Street, its endpoints are now Leeds (City) Station and Bradford Interchange .
history
The line was opened on August 1, 1854 by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1865. With this she came to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. Leeds Central Station, its original eastern terminus, was closed on April 29, 1967, the western terminus at Bradford Adolphus Street for travelers as early as 1867 and for freight traffic in 1972. Since these closings, the line has ended at Leeds New Station (now Leeds City) and Bradford Exchange Station (now Bradford Interchange). It is served by the trains of the Calder Valley Line , some of which continue to and from Blackpool , Huddersfield , Manchester or York .
Stations
Leeds City Station
Leeds Station emerged from the merger of New Station and Wellington Street stations in 1938, an expansion after the closure of Leeds Central in 1967 and major renovations from 1999 to 2002. The route leaves the station in a westerly direction along the north side of a triangular track and then turns northwest via Whitehall Junction and Gelderd Junction.
Leeds Central Station
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The common terminus of London and North Western Railway, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Great Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway opened in 1854, replacing the cramped Wellington Street terminus of the LNWR route from Dewsbury. It was closed in 1967 and all trains have been directed to Leeds City since then. The station was built in an elevated position. Only an elevator shaft and the viaduct that carried the tracks are still preserved, the station area is built on with residential and office buildings.
Holbeck
Holbeck station opened a year after the other stations of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. It had platforms on two levels, the upper (Holbeck High Level since 1951) used by trains on the routes of the Great Northern Railway and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway to Leeds Central, the lower (Holbeck Low Level since 1951) used by those of the Midland and the North Eastern Railway to Leeds Wellington and Leeds City, respectively. In 1958 the station was closed and with the renovation of the railway facilities in 1967 and the closure of Leeds Central, it was completely eliminated.
Armley Moor
Armley Moor Station served the suburbs of Armley and Wortley and was closed in July 1966. It is mentioned in the 1964 song " Slow Train " by the duo Flanders and Swann , which laments the imminent closure of numerous railway lines and stations.
Bramley (West Yorkshire)
Bramley Station was closed by British Rail on July 4, 1966, but reopened as a stop on September 12, 1983 by West Yorkshire Metro. Between Bramley and Stanningley branched off from 1878 to 1964 a line to Pudsey .
Stanningley
Stanningley station, which served nearby Farsley , with its extensive local freight facilities was closed on January 1, 1968. Its reception building houses a woodworking craft business, the goods shed is used by a hardware store.
New Pudsey
The New Pudsey Breakpoint, located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of central Pudsey, opened on March 6, 1967. It serves the neighboring towns of Pudsey and Farsley as well as a park and ride station.
Laisterdyke
In Laisterdyke a line branched off to Ardsley since 1857 and one to Shipley since 1875 . The latter was closed to travel as early as 1931 and to freight traffic in the 1970s. On the former, traffic ended closed on July 4, 1966, and on the same day the Laisterdyke station was also closed.
Bradford Adolphus Street
The original western end point of the route was poorly located. Therefore, a new line was built to Mill Lane Junction in 1867, branching off east of it and allowing through traffic to Bradford Exchange. That same year, Adolphus Street was closed to passenger traffic, but remained in service to freight until 1972. Then the station was demolished.
St Dunstans
St Dunstans was a transfer station for the route of the Great Northern Railway and the Queensbury Lines. It was closed in 1952.
Bradford Interchange
Bradford Interchange was opened in 1973 as a hub and link between rail and bus traffic and is located about 200 m south of the old Bradford Exchange station. Since the rail passenger traffic has mainly been carried out with multiple units since the 1960s and several railway lines in the region are no longer in operation, the new station has fewer tracks than its predecessor. Here most trains change direction and continue to Halifax .
Bradford Exchange
The Bradford Exchange terminus was opened as Drake Street Station in May 1850 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway. Occasionally the incorporation of the route from Leeds he was given the name Bradford Exchange in 1867. In 1880 it was fundamentally converted to 10 platforms and in the 1920s it was used by trains from Wakefield Westgate, Ardsley and London King's Cross, Wakefield Kirkgate, Batley and Ossett, Keighley, Halifax and Queensbury, Mirfield and Cleckheaton ( Spen Valley line) as well as from Leeds and Pudsey hit. Most of these routes were closed in the 1960s, so that the station turned out to be too big and was rebuilt and relocated again.
proof
- ^ Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854 – Present. Great Northern Railway . Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ^ Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Leeds west map [map]. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ^ Bradford 1846 - Present . Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
