Talk:Manchester and Leeds Railway

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There was NO good reason to remove this article to emerge as the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It is NOT the same thing: admitting that the M&LR became part of the L&YR, it was not the only one: the L&YR has been described as "amalgamations, leases, agreements, extensions, widenings and deviations" [Railway Year Book 1912, Railway Publishing Company] and as such the major parts of it should have separate articles. Peter Shearan 11:54, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Askern
Grinling says (page 61) "a line from Askern, near Doncaster, to Methley, near Leeds, was already authorized to the Great Northern's ally, the Manchester and Leeds." Shouldn't we be told about this? Afterbrunel (talk) 08:33, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The line between Knottingley and Askern Junction was a branch of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway (WP&GR), it was authorised on 16 July 1846. The Manchester and Leeds Railway amalgamated with the WP&GR and the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway by an Act of 9 July 1847 and was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The WP&GR main line was opened for public traffic on 1 April 1848, the Askern branch following on 6 June, at the same time as the first part of the Great Northern Railway to open - between Askern Junction and Stockbridge (Arksey). -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 18:19, 25 July 2019 (UTC)