Leeds and Bradford Railway

Introduction

This line is open.






Dates

21/07/1845Leeds and Thirsk Railway
Company incorporated, line receives act; Leeds to Thirsk with two branches to the Leeds and Bradford Railway one at Bramley and one at Holbeck, one curve to the Great North of England Railway at Thirsk, and two short branches to Harrogate and Knaresborough.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

185115 TransPennine Express to Manchester Airport waiting to depart from Leeds, on the morning of Wednesday, 20th September 2023. ...
David Bosher 28/09/2023
Northern EMU 333005, forming the next service to Skipton, stands in the sunshine at Leeds on 24 April 2009 awaiting departure time. ...
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
View from 158901 with the ex-11.00 Northern service to Nottingham, just departed from Leeds, on Thursday, 21st September 2023. I travelled on this as ...
David Bosher 21/09/2023
View of the HST Pines Express / HST Cross Country farewell at Leeds. The main tour comprised a full day outing from Leeds to Swanage with a range of ...
Crinan Dunbar 27/09/2023
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An example of what lies beneath: if I remember rightly this was found during the investigation of the old tracks south of Whitehall Junction, Leeds ...
Charlie Niven //1998
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333016 passes non-stop through Apperley Bridge with a Skipton to Leeds service on 26 February 2022. The platforms are either side of the bridge in the ...
John McIntyre 26/02/2022
Station clock at the newly re-opened Apperley Bridge, on the Leeds to Skipton line, on 6th May 2017. ...
John Yellowlees 06/05/2017
Freight over the Settle and Carlisle has been greatly reduced in 2016 by the Armathwaite landslip closure but the Newbiggin gypsum trains still run. ...
Mark Bartlett 21/10/2016
Scene at Apperley Bridge on the ex-MR main line between Leeds and Shipley with The LCGB Fells and Dales railtour returning to Carnforth on 19 June ...
Bill Jamieson 19/06/1976
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After two days of almost non-stop rain, especially on Tuesday, 19th September, it was a beautiful sunny morning when the ex-10.30 Northern service ...
David Bosher 21/09/2023
A Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley service arrives at Shipley on 26 February 2022. This is the south to east platform which is also used by trains ...
John McIntyre 26/02/2022
153316 and 142023 call at Shipley station on 21st October 2016 with a Leeds to Morecambe (via Wennington) service. The train is in the 1979 built ...
Mark Bartlett 21/10/2016
Shipley Bingley Junction signal box, looking towards Bradford Forster Square in 1988. By this date a further platform had been constructed on the Down ...
Bill Roberton //1988
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331105 on a Leeds to Bradford Forster Square service, arrives at Frizinghall on 26 February 2022. The platforms are staggered with the southbound ...
John McIntyre 26/02/2022
Prior to closure in 1965 Frizinghall's platforms were situated opposite each other but when it reopened in 1987 they were staggered either side of the ...
Mark Bartlett 24/03/2014
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This is a three platform terminus.
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More details
A view north from behind the buffers at Bradford Forster Square on 04 November 2011 as Class 333 EMUs occupy platforms 1 & 2. On the left is a service ...
John McIntyre 04/11/2011
Despite being hugely reduced in size, Bradford Forster Square is still a large three platform station. This view looks north. ...
John Yellowlees 06/05/2017
As new CAF Civity EMUs continue to be delivered to Northern the days of the Class 322s must be numbered but they continue to serve the Airedale lines ...
Mark Bartlett 07/03/2020
WYPTE Class 333 no 008 has just arrived on platform 3 at Bradford Forster Square with a service from Skipton on 4 November 2011. This will later form ...
John McIntyre 04/11/2011
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