Leeds–Bradford lines
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The Leeds–Bradford lines are two railway lines connecting the cities of
West Yorkshire Metro area system of lines.[1]
Services involved
The services are included in those on the following lines:
Places served
Passenger trains between Leeds railway station and Bradford serve or have served the following places on two routes:
- to Bradford Interchange on the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) line:[2]
- Holbeck High Level station (closed 1958 when service was still from Leeds Central station)[3]
- Wortley
- Bramley(closed 1966, reopened 1983)
- Stanningley for Farsley (closed 1967)
- New Pudsey (opened 1967)[4]
- Laisterdyke (closed 1966)
- Bradford Interchange station, formerly Bradford Exchange and jointly owned by GNR and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- to Bradford Forster Square, formerly owned by the Midland Railway:[5]
- Holbeck Low Level station (closed 1958)[3]
- Armley Canal Road (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall Forge (closed 1905). A new Kirkstall Forge station opened in June 2016.[6]
- Newlay and Horsforth (closed 1965)
- Calverley and Rodley (closed 1965)
- Apperley Bridge and Rawdon (closed 1965).[7] A new Apperley Bridge station opened in December 2015.[8]
- Shipley
- Frizinghall (closed 1965, reopened 1987)
- Manningham (closed 1965)
- Bradford Forster Square station
West Yorkshire MCards (MetroCards until 2016) are available to the stations currently open (shown in bold letters).[9] Closed stations are shown in normal font.
References
- ^ "Rail timetables and routes". Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854–Present. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Station Closures". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ISBN 0711030030.
- ^ "Leeds to Bradford. 1846–Present. Midland Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Apperley Bridge's new railway station opens". BBC. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-85794-438-9.
- ^ "Leeds Kirkstall Forge railway station opens". BBC. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "MCards". Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire. Retrieved 18 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
