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Ardsley Station - DNT00156
An intermediate station on the Bradford, Wakefield & Leeds Railway between Leeds and Wakefield which opened in 1857 and became part of the GNR network in 1865. The station closed in 1964.
Armley & Wortley Station, Leeds - DNT00158
After Holbeck High level this was the first station out of Leeds Central on the GNR ‘short line’ to Bradford which had opened in 1854. The line was also used by the L&YR for their Leeds traffic from Bradford, Halifax and the west.The timetable…
Armley Canal Road Station, Leeds - DNT00171
The station seen here looking very derelict. Originally just Armley it was the first station out of Leeds on the Bradford & Leeds Railway which opened via the Aire Valley in 1846 quickly being acquired by the MR. BR changed its name to Armley Canal…
Arthington Station, 1950s - DNT00184
The first station here, known as Pool, opened with the Leeds & Thirsk Railway in 1849 but was replaced a little to the south by the triangular junction station seen here when the NER opened their Otley Branch in 1865; it was re-named Arthington as a…
Bardsey Station - DNT00150
Looking down on the station early 20th century which was on the NER's Cross Gates – Wetherby line; opened 1876 and closed 1964.
Beeston Station, Leeds, 1961 - DNT00157
On the GNR Leeds - King Cross main line only a few miles out of Leeds centre it opened in 1860 and closed 1953.
Bramley Station Entrance, Leeds - DNT00160
On the 'short line' from Bradford to Leeds Central Station opened in 1854 by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway which was acquired by the GNR in 1865. The station closed in 1966 and the buildings were demolished; a new station with bus…
Bramley Station, Leeds 1966 - DNT00159
On the GNR ‘short line’ from Leeds Central to Bradford the station opened with the line in 1854. To the west of the station there was the junction with the Pudsey loop line which had opened in 1893 and closed in 1965. Bramley station closed in 1966…
Calverley & Rodley Station, Nr. Leeds - DNT00176
The first station here on the MR Aire Valley line opened in 1846 on completion of the Leeds & Bradford Railway and known originally as Calverley Bridge. The station was completely re-built c.1900 when the line was quadrupled with the main station…
Collingham Bridge Station, Nr. Wetherby - DNT00151
The station seen here after the line was doubled in 1901. It opened 1876 and closed with the line in 1964.
Cross Gates Station - DNT00146
Station staff posing for the camera on the ramp from the entrance building down to the eastbound platform with the footbridge to the westbound platform to the right.
Cross Gates Station Leeds - DNT00145
Originally on the Leeds & Selby Railway which opened in 1834 from Marsh Lane which was the first station in Leeds. However due to the machinations of George Hudson, the ‘Railway King’, it fell into disuse between 1840 and 1850 and the line was not…
Cross Gates Station, Leeds - DNT00147
The attractively decorated interior of the entrance porch to the station with staff posing for the camera in NER days.
Farnley & Wortley Station, Leeds - DNT00164
The station on the LNWR Leeds-Huddersfield-Manchester line opened in 1848. In 1882 to overcome congestion on the joint approach to Wellington and New Stations the LNWR built a separate approach, which included the Farnley Viaduct, and the station was…
Gildersome Station Nr. Leeds - DNT00165
The station was on the Heaton Lodge & Wortley Railway from Huddersfield to Leeds, which always known as the ‘Leeds New Line’,and it opened at the same time as the line in 1900. Seen here pre-
First World War it only had a short existence being closed…
First World War it only had a short existence being closed…
Headingley Station, Leeds - DNT00169
The first station out of Leeds centre on the Leeds & Thirsk Railway which opened between the two towns via Harrogate and Ripon in 1848 but because of problems with Bramhope Tunnel at over two miles in length services didn’t start until the following…
Holbeck Stations, Leeds - DNT00138
Holbeck Low Level Station seen here and Holbeck High Level Station on the higher level line above it were built by separate railway companies and operated as separate stations up until nationalisation in 1948. The only external access was by the…
Horsforth Station, Leeds - DNT00170
The station originally on the Leeds & Thirsk Railway (see Headingley Station) opened in 1849 and seen her with staff posing for the camera in NER days pre-1923. The station was de-staffed in 1969 and the buildings demolished. As a result of…
Kippax Station, Nr Leeds - DNT00153
The station seen here with very well maintained gardens was on the NER Castleford to Garforth single track line which opened in 1878 primarily for coal traffic and the Kippax coalfield. The line closed to passengers in 1951 and fully over its whole…
Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00172
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Railway’s Aire Valley Line opened at the same time as the line in 1846 which became part of the MR network. A new station, the Leeds Platform seen here, was built when the line was quadrupled in about 1905 and the…
Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00173
The firstl station was built here when the line opened in 1846 and was rebuilt, seen here looking towards Leeds, when the line was quadrupled in about 1905. The station closed in 1965.
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
Leeds 'Dark Arches' - DNT00141
The 'under belly' of Leeds Station in 2006. Many users of Leeds Station are unaware that it sits atop a massive Victorian complex of vaults and arches spanning the River Aire, the so called ‘Dark Arches’, reputedly comprising 18 million bricks.…
Leeds 'Dark Arches' Exterior 2006 - DNT00143
The state of the art Leeds Station sitting atop a labyrinth of Victorian vaults and arches known as the Dark Arches. The surrounding area has been further re-developed since this photo and there is now also a passenger foot access to the station…
Leeds City Centre Railway Stations 1906 - DNT00139
Extract from OS Map Yorkshire CCXVlll.NW - Revised 1906; Published 1909.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
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Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA)…
Leeds City Square Looking East - DNT00135
In the centre the War Memorial which was dedicated in 1922. To the left with the clock is the now demolished Royal Exchange Chambers and on the right the old Midland Railway’s Queens Hotel and to the right of that the gates into Wellington Station.…