Leeds Central railway station
Leeds Central | |
|---|---|
North Eastern Railway | |
| Pre-grouping |
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| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 18 September 1854 | Opened |
| 1 May 1967[1] | Closed |
Leeds Central railway station was a terminus
The station was not architecturally distinguished and was built above street level. After closure, part of the station site became a Royal Mail sorting office, later partially redeveloped as the West Point residential development; the remaining half of the former sorting office site was to have been used for Lumiere, a 170-metre (560 ft) high skyscraper, but eventually became the site of the Central Square office development. A goods lift and a viaduct that approached the station remain extant.
The last train left from Leeds Central on 29 April 1967. This was a Saturday and as there was no Sunday service, the station closed on 1 May 1967. The last train was an early evening service to Harrogate filled by the usual Birmingham RC&W DMU. Detonators were placed on the track by railway staff which exploded as the train rolled away from the platform and past the signal box on its final departure.[2]
Services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holbeck | Great Northern Railway | Terminus |
Further reading
- Cobb, Colonel Michael H. (2005). The Railways of Great Britain - A Historical Atlas. ISBN 0-7110-3002-2.
- Himelfield, Dave (15 March 2022). "Inside Leeds' lost city centre train station". Leeds Live. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
References
- ISBN 9781840336573.
- ISBN 1-871944-19-8.
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