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Beeston (closed); Ardsley Tunnel. Ardsley (closed); Outwood (formerly known as Lofthouse and Outwood); At Outwood there were junctions with two joint undertakings; East & West Yorkshire Union (a short line connecting the Great Northern / Midland Railway main lines via Rothwell and Methley Joint Railway (owners being Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and North Eastern Railway ...
The West Yorkshire mass transit system is a proposed transport system connecting the larger conurbations of West Yorkshire, England, with a central hub at Leeds. The city of Leeds is known to be the largest city in Western Europe without a light rail or metro-style system.
Metro is a public transport brand of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority which is, through its transport committee, the transport authority for West Yorkshire. It replaced the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority on 1 April 2014. The West Yorkshire County Council was the transport authority from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1986. It ...
Merged with Bradford, Wakefield & Leeds Railway to for West Yorkshire Railway in 1863. West Yorkshire Railway amalgamated into the Great Northern Railway in 1865. [7] Leeds & Bradford Railway: 1846 [43] Still open Became part of the Midland Railway in 1853. Was the first railway to reach Bradford. [44]
Public transport in the Leeds area is coordinated and developed by West Yorkshire Metro. [1] The city has good rail and road links to the rest of the country. Leeds railway station is one of the busiest in Britain, and Leeds is connected to the national road network via the A1(M) motorway, M1 motorway and M62 motorway.
Metrocards of West Yorkshire Metro can be used between Leeds and Micklefield. Train operating companies are Northern for stopping trains, and CrossCountry , London North Eastern Railway and TransPennine Express for long-distance trains which continue beyond the termini of the local routes to and from Hull , Liverpool , Manchester , Newcastle ...
Albion Street level crossing in Castleford. The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford [1] in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line.
The Airedale line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area centred on West Yorkshire in northern England. The service is operated by Northern, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton. Some services along the line continue to Morecambe or Carlisle.