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Leeds railway station is the second-busiest railway station outside London in the United Kingdom, [32] and passenger numbers are expected to increase by 63% between 2014 and 2029, meaning further expansion is necessary. [33] Future expansion might link the station to the proposed High Speed 2 network.
Platform, formerly known as City House and British Railways House, is a building over Leeds railway station that was built by Taylor Woodrow in 1962. [1] [2] [3] The buildings were, like many other railway buildings in the UK, designed by the later-derided architect John Poulson who also designed the nearby Leeds International Pool.
Leeds Central railway station was a terminus railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1854 as a joint station between the London and North Western Railway , the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , the Great Northern Railway and the North Eastern Railway .
This category is used for railway stations in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The old station was demolished and a six-storey grain warehouse was constructed on the site, designed by architect Thomas Prosser. [11] In 1869 the North Eastern Railway's (NER) Leeds extension line from Marsh Lane to Leeds New railway station was completed, allowing through running along the Leeds and Selby Line into Leeds and beyond. [12]
In October 1846 the Great Northern Railway joined with the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, and the Manchester and Leeds Railway, to deposit a Parliamentary Bill for a joint Leeds Central station, to be built on the north side of the River Aire. The Bill was passed after a delay, in 22 July 1848, with capital of £320,000.
The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1860 and closed in March 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts. [1] Originally located south of Kirkstall Bridge next to today's Wyther Lane, [2] it had been moved north of it by 1906. [3] It was demolished after closure and no trace of the station now remains.