Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway






Dates

  /  /1847Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway
Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge (terminus of a short Manchester and Leeds branch) opened.
  /  /1848Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway
Ravensthorpe to Leeds Wellington Street opened.
  /  /1954Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway
Leeds Wellington Street closed.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

A TPE service to Manchester Airport with 185140 calls at Huddersfield in March 2013. ...
John McIntyre 12/03/2013
The well known statue of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson outside Huddersfield Station in April 2018.
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John Yellowlees 22/04/2018
Some of the plaques adorning Huddersfield Water Tower, home of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships. See image 46632 ...
John Yellowlees 13/03/2014
The Huddersfield Water Tower, home of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships, photographed on 13 March 2014 see image 46632. ...
John Yellowlees 13/03/2014
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A 1997 view east from a foot crossing towards Deighton Junction along the recently cleared long time mothballed line running from Bradley Junction, ...
David Pesterfield 03/07/1997
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An early evening eastbound Trans-Pennine express, probably the 18:05 Liverpool - Leeds, comes off the Huddersfield line at Heaton Lodge East Junction ...
Bill Jamieson /07/1983
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185123, on a Huddersfield to Leeds stopping service, pauses in the Platform 1 loop at Dewsbury while 185102 working from Lime St to Scarborough ...
Mark Bartlett 14/09/2019
Tardis Door. The entrance to the Dewsbury Refreshment Rooms, on Platform 2, is rather non-descript, but inside it opens out and there are three ...
Mark Bartlett 14/09/2019
An investigatory visit along Railway Street and Goods Lane, where the old Railway Street Goods Yard previously stood, brought an unexpected view of ...
David Pesterfield 22/07/2016
Having called at Dewsbury on its way to Leeds, Northern Pacer 144004 rejoins the main line from the platform loop that allows overtaking for trains ...
Mark Bartlett 24/04/2010
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Batley has a two trains per hour service, but many more pass without stopping. 185147 ran through on a TPE Saltburn to Manchester Airport service on ...
Mark Bartlett 23/03/2023
The surviving station building at Batley, on the Leeds platform, on 15th February 2023. The station is unstaffed but there is a basic service of two ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023
158758, on a Wigan Wallgate to Leeds service, comes off the viaduct at Batley and slows to call at the station on 15th February 2023. These trains run ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023
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185149, on a Huddersfield to Leeds stopping service, calls at Morley on 15th February 2023. The station site is cramped but the only access to both ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023
A pair of TPE Class 185s climb through Morley station heading for Manchester on 15th February 2023. This view taken from the road that passes directly ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023
The main line between Ravensthorpe and Leeds was closed for a week in February 2023 to allow various works, including the installation of the platform ...
Mark Bartlett 15/02/2023
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Looking east along Copley Hill in December 2013, with the steel bridge carrying the LNER lines out of Leeds to Wakefield and Kings Cross in the ...
David Pesterfield 27/12/2013
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