The Leeds–Bradford lines are two railway lines connecting the cities of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

and Bradford in

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, both meeting in

Leeds railway station Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is the fourth-busiest railway station in the UK outside London (as of March 2020). I ...

and are included in the West Yorkshire Metro area system of lines.

Services involved

The services are included in those on the following lines: *

Calder Valley line The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes ...

* Wharfedale line * Airedale line

Places served

Passenger trains between

and Bradford serve or have served the following places on two routes: * to Bradford Interchange on the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) line: ** Holbeck High Level station (closed 1958 when service was still from Leeds Central station) ** Armley Moor (closed 1966) also served Wortley ** Bramley (closed 1966, reopened 1983) ** Stanningley for Farsley (closed 1967) **

New Pudsey New Pudsey railway station is in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England, on the Calder Valley line from Leeds to Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, and Blackpool North. Lying west of Leeds, it serves as a commuter ...

(opened 1967) **

Laisterdyke Laisterdyke is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated to the east of the city on the border with City of Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the Bradford East parliamentary constituency. Laisterdyke borders Ba ...

(closed 1966) ** Bradford Interchange station, formerly Bradford Exchange and jointly owned by GNR and the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

* to Bradford Forster Square, formerly owned by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

: ** Holbeck Low Level station (closed 1958) ** Armley Canal Road (closed 1965) **

Kirkstall Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds West parliamentary constituency, represented by Rachel Reeves. T ...

(closed 1965) **

Kirkstall Forge Kirkstall Forge is a 57-acre mixed-use development located in Kirkstall in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The site is one of the oldest most continuously used industrial sites in England. It was operated by Kirkstall Forge Engineering, a metalworking bus ...

(closed 1905). A new Kirkstall Forge station opened in June 2016. ** Newlay and Horsforth (closed 1965) ** Calverley and Rodley (closed 1965) ** Apperley Bridge and Rawdon (closed 1965). A new Apperley Bridge station opened in December 2015. ** Shipley **

Frizinghall Frizinghall is a district in the Heaton ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, lying north of the city centre close to the town of Shipley, itself a part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District along with such other nearby towns ...

(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). Closed stations are shown in normal font.

References

External links

Timetable and map
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