Leeds-Bradford Lines
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| Leeds-Bradford Lines | |
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| Locale | West Yorkshire Leeds Bradford Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Leeds-Bradford Lines
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The Leeds-Bradford Lines services are those included in the West Yorkshire Metro area system of Lines.
Services involved
The services include those on the following Lines:
Places served
Those services serve the following places from Leeds railway station, to which West Yorkshire MetroCards are available; there are two routes:
- to Bradford Interchange was on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) line; some stations are closed:
- Holbeck High Level station (closed 1962 when service was from Leeds Central station)
- Armley Moor (closed 1966)
- Wortley
- Bramley (closed 1966, reopened 1983)
- New Pudsey (opened 1967)
- Stanningley for Farsley (closed 1967)
- Laisterdyke (closed 1966)
- Bradford Interchange station: was Bradford Exchange - joint GNR/Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway owned
- to Bradford Forster Square Midland Railway owned; many stations closed, served the following places:
- Holbeck Low Level station (closed 1958)
- Armley Canal Road (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall (closed 1965)
- Kirkstall Forge (closed 1905). A new Kirkstall Forge station opens in time for the December 2015 timetable.
- Newlay (closed 1965)
- Calverley and Rodley (closed 1965)
- Apperley Bridge and Rawdon (closed 1965). A new Apperley Bridge station opened in December 2015.
- Shipley
- Frizinghall (closed 1965, reopened 1987)
- Manningham (closed 1965)
- Bradford Forster Square station
