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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.…
Leeds City Square Looking West - DNT00134
On the right the imposing general Post Office building which still stands today although no longer the post Office. On the left just out of view to the front of the tram was the entrance to Wellington Station whilst looking ahead is Wellington Street…
Leeds New Station Train Shed - DNT00132
Seen here late 19th or early 20th century looking westwards with an NER train on the right. This view and the bridge across the lines remained little changed until into the second half of the 20th century. The platform numbering is not sequential.…
Leeds Station Concourse 2004 - DNT00140
The art deco concourse was built in 1938 at the same time as the adjacent Queens Hotel was rebuilt in the same style. The concourse was built to link Wellington Station, re-named City North, with New Station, re-named City South, but there remained…
Leeds Wellington Station Entrance 1926 - DNT00130
However all is not what it seems. The structure across the station entrance is a replica of the old Moot Hall and has been erected as part of the tercentenary celebrations of Leeds being granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1626. The actual…
Lightcliffe Station, Nr. Halifax - DNT00267
The station on the Halifax –Bradford line opened at the same time as the line in August 1850. The station was closed in 1965.
Littleborough Station - 'Down' platform 1965. - LYR00292
LYRS 6685 - The building on the 'down' Leeds Platform but shorn of its canopy. The building is no longer in use for rail users.
Littleborough Station - 'Down' platform and Goods Shed 1965. - LYR00293
LYRS 6687 - The Leeds 'down' platform and the Goods Shed looking west. The Shed has been demolished and the platform building no longer used br rail users.
Littleborough Station - 1950 - LYR00291
TMP 0225 - General view looking north east in 1950 down the Manchester island Platform across to the Leeds Platform. To the left is the Goods Shed, siding and crane. The building on the Leeds Platform is only station building now remaining but minus…
Littleborough Station and Signal Box 1965. - LYR00290
LYRS 6681 - The 'up' platform, buildings and signal box looking north east. All the buildings have now been demolished and the track to the right lifted. The island platform was accessed by a subway.
Liversedge Station post 1884/5. - LYR00307
LYRS2741. The Spen Valley Line connecting Mirfield on the Calder Valley Main Line with Low Moor opened in July 1848 and the line between Low Moor and Bradford opened in May 1850. The first station here opened at the same time as the line and was…
Liversedge Station pre 1884/5. - LYR00306
LYRS2740. The Spen Valley Line connecting Mirfield on the Calder Valley Main Line with Low Moor opened in July 1848 and the line between Low Moor and Bradford opened in May 1850. The first station seen here looking towards Low Moor opened at the same…
Lofthouse & Outwood Station c.1905 - DNT00155
The original station was opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway in 1858, and was originally named Lofthouse. This was renamed Lofthouse and Outwood in July 1865. It closed on 13 June 1960.[1] A different Lofthouse and Outwood station,…
Longwood & Milnsbridge Station - DNT00279
Longwood & Milnsbridge Station was the first station out of Huddersfield on the LNWR’s Colne Valley to Manchester and opened in 1849 at the same time as the line. Seen her in a very unkept condition at an unknown date but prior to reducing the line…
Low Moor Station, Bradford - DNT00232
On the Halifax-Bradford line at its junction with the Spen Valley Line. The station opened in July 1848 the same time as the line between the junction and Bradford. As well as an important junction station it also served the Low Moor Ironworks which…
Luddendenfoot Station - LYR00183
LYRS 2762 - About 1900 with a ‘permanent way ganger’ on the track. The Manchester ‘up’ platform with its timber buildings was accessed by a footbridge from the Leeds ‘down’ platform and it continued under the road bridge at the top of Station Road. …
LYRS 6026 - Todmorden Station - LYR00266
LYRS 6026 - 1967. Station frontage and approach road with cobbles covered by tarmac. the building on the right including the Station Master's house has been demolished.
Manningham Station - DNT00221
The first station out of Bradford on the Midland’s line towards Shipley it was opened in 1868 and closed nearly a hundred years later in 1965.
Manningham Station and Motive Power Depot - DNT00222
The first station out of Bradford on the Midland’s line towards Shipley it was opened in 1868 and closed nearly a hundred years later in 1965. Seen here on the right is the sizeable Manningham Motive Power Depot which closed in 1967 and then…
Marsden Station, LNWR Huddersfied – Manchester Line - DNT00283
Marsden Station like other stations on the LNWR’s Huddersfield Manchester line along the Colne Valley opened with the line in 1849. It was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here at an unknown…
Marsh Lane Station Leeds - DNT00128
The rather forlorn looking station in BR days. It is the site of the first railway station in Leeds opened by the Leeds & Selby Railway in 1834 although about a mile east of the city centre in an area described at the time as ‘one of the most…
Menston Station - DNT00187
The MR’s branch from their Aire Valley line at Apperley Junction to the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway had opened in 1865 but the station at Menston wasn’t opened until August 1875. North East of the station at Menston Junction, where there had been a…