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Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway

Dates

/ /1847	Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge (terminus of a short Manchester and Leeds branch) opened.
/ /1848	Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Ravensthorpe to Leeds Wellington Street opened.
/ /1954	Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Leeds Wellington Street closed.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Huddersfield

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A TPE service to Manchester Airport with 185140 calls at Huddersfield in March 2013. ...
John McIntyre 12/03/2013

The well known statue of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson outside Huddersfield Station in April 2018.
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John Yellowlees 22/04/2018

Some of the plaques adorning Huddersfield Water Tower, home of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships. See image 46632 ...
John Yellowlees 13/03/2014

The Huddersfield Water Tower, home of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships, photographed on 13 March 2014 see image 46632. ...
John Yellowlees 13/03/2014

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Red Doles Junction

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Deighton

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A 1997 view east from a foot crossing towards Deighton Junction along the recently cleared long time mothballed line running from Bradley Junction, ...
David Pesterfield 03/07/1997

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Bradley [1st]

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Bradley [2nd]

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Spen Valley Junction

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Battyeford to Birstall to Wortley (London and North Western Railway)

Heaton Lodge

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Heaton Lodge Junction

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Manchester and Leeds Railway

An early evening eastbound Trans-Pennine express, probably the 18:05 Liverpool - Leeds, comes off the Huddersfield line at Heaton Lodge East Junction ...
Bill Jamieson /07/1983

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Dewsbury LNW Junction

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Manchester and Leeds Railway

Ravensthorpe

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Dewsbury

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185123, on a Huddersfield to Leeds stopping service, pauses in the Platform 1 loop at Dewsbury while 185102 working from Lime St to Scarborough ...
Mark Bartlett 14/09/2019

Tardis Door. The entrance to the Dewsbury Refreshment Rooms, on Platform 2, is rather non-descript, but inside it opens out and there are three ...
Mark Bartlett 14/09/2019

An investigatory visit along Railway Street and Goods Lane, where the old Railway Street Goods Yard previously stood, brought an unexpected view of ...
David Pesterfield 22/07/2016

Having called at Dewsbury on its way to Leeds, Northern Pacer 144004 rejoins the main line from the platform loop that allows overtaking for trains ...
Mark Bartlett 24/04/2010

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Staincliffe and Batley Carr

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Batley

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Batley to Adwalton Junction Line (Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway)

Batley has a two trains per hour service, but many more pass without stopping. 185147 ran through on a TPE Saltburn to Manchester Airport service on ...
Mark Bartlett 23/03/2023

The surviving station building at Batley, on the Leeds platform, on 15th February 2023. The station is unstaffed but there is a basic service of two ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023

158758, on a Wigan Wallgate to Leeds service, comes off the viaduct at Batley and slows to call at the station on 15th February 2023. These trains run ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023

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Birstall Junction

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Batley to Beeston Junction Line (Great Northern Railway)
Birstall Branch (London and North Western Railway)

Morley

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185149, on a Huddersfield to Leeds stopping service, calls at Morley on 15th February 2023. The station site is cramped but the only access to both ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023

A pair of TPE Class 185s climb through Morley station heading for Manchester on 15th February 2023. This view taken from the road that passes directly ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023

The main line between Ravensthorpe and Leeds was closed for a week in February 2023 to allow various works, including the installation of the platform ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023

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Looking east along Copley Hill in December 2013, with the steel bridge carrying the LNER lines out of Leeds to Wakefield and Kings Cross in the ...
David Pesterfield 27/12/2013

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Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway

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Locations along the line

Huddersfield

Red Doles Junction

Deighton

Bradley [1st]

Bradley [2nd]

Spen Valley Junction

Heaton Lodge

Heaton Lodge Junction

Dewsbury LNW Junction

Ravensthorpe

Dewsbury

Staincliffe and Batley Carr

Batley

Birstall Junction

Morley

Churwell

Cottingley

Farnley Junction

Wortley and Farnley

Copley Hill Goods

Copley Hill Junction

Holbeck High Level

Three Signal Bridge Junction

Goods (LNWR and LYR)

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