Leeds–Bradford lines
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{{Leeds-Bradford Line}}
The Leeds–Bradford lines are two railway lines connecting the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire, both meeting in Leeds railway station and both included in the West Yorkshire Metro area system of lines.{{cite web | url = http://www.wymetro.com/TrainTravel/traintimetables/RoutesAndTimetables/ | title = Rail timetables and routes | publisher = Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire | access-date = 18 November 2016}}
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:{{cite web | url = http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Leeds%20Bradford%20(GNR).htm | title = Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854–Present. Great Northern Railway | publisher = Lost Railways West Yorkshire | access-date = 18 November 2016}}
- Holbeck High Level station (closed 1958 when service was still from Leeds Central station){{cite web | url = http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/station%20closures.htm | title = Station Closures | website = Lost Railways West Yorkshire | access-date = 15 January 2018}}
- Armley Moor (closed 1966) also served Wortley
- Bramley (closed 1966, reopened 1983)
- Stanningley for Farsley (closed 1967)
- New Pudsey (opened 1967){{cite book|last1=Cobb|first1=M.H.|title=The railways of Great Britain : a historical atlas at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile vol. 2.|date=2003|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|location=Shepperton|isbn=0711030030|page=396}}
- 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:{{cite web | url = http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Leeds%20Bradford.htm | title = Leeds to Bradford. 1846–Present. Midland Railway | publisher = Lost Railways West Yorkshire | access-date = 18 November 2016}}
- Holbeck Low Level station (closed 1958)
- Armley Canal Road (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall Forge (closed 1905). A new Kirkstall Forge station opened in June 2016.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-35087153 | title = Apperley Bridge's new railway station opens | publisher = BBC | date = 13 December 2015 | access-date=21 April 2017}}
- Newlay and Horsforth (closed 1965)
- Calverley and Rodley (closed 1965)
- Apperley Bridge and Rawdon (closed 1965).{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Alan |title=Lost Stations of Yorkshire; The West Riding |date=2015 |publisher=Silver Link |location=Kettering |isbn=978-1-85794-438-9 |page=17}} A new Apperley Bridge station opened in December 2015.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-36561499 | title = Leeds Kirkstall Forge railway station opens | publisher = BBC | date = 19 June 2016 | access-date=21 April 2017}}
- 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).{{cite web | url = https://ticketsandpasses.wymetro.com/tickets-and-passes/metrocard/ | title = MCards | publisher = Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire | access-date = 18 November 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Closed stations are shown in normal font.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041124151733/http://www.wymetro.com/TrainTravel/MetroTrainTimetablesAndRoutes/Leeds-Bradford+Line.htm Timetable and map]
{{Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber}}
{{West Yorkshire railway stations}}
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Category:Rail transport in West Yorkshire