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

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

and

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

, 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 located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the foot of Park Ro ...

and both 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 Bradford Interchange is a transport interchange in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which consists of a railway station and bus station adjacent. The Interchange, which was designed in 1962, was hailed as a showpiece of European design and wa ...

on the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) line: **

Holbeck Holbeck is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It begins on the southern edge of Leeds city centre and mainly lies in the LS11 postcode district. The M1 and M621 motorways used to end/begin in Holbeck. Now the M621 is t ...

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 (opened 1967) **

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

(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 History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company before the Railways Act 1921, 1923 Grouping. It was Incorporation (business)#Incorporation in the United Kingdom, incorpo ...

* to Bradford Forster Square, formerly owned by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 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 ...

: **

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), Kirkstall electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley (UK Parl ...

(closed 1965) ** Kirkstall Forge (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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