Template:Leeds Lines

Lines
This map represents past, present and possible future railways within the 2015 boundaries of the City of Leeds. Currently the West Yorkshire Metro advertises nine lines radiating from Leeds station, mostly operated by Northern Trains: Metro also publish a Leeds/Bradford timetable with trains that run between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square via Shipley, along with Calder Valley line trains serving Leeds, New Pudsey and Bradford Interchange. A regular shuttle runs between Leeds and Bradford on the Shipley route as do London expresses serving both cities.
 * Harrogate line Harrogate, Knaresborough and York
 * Wharfedale line to Guiseley and Ilkley
 * Airedale line to Shipley and Skipton
 * Calder Valley line to New Pudsey, Bradford, Halifax and Manchester Victoria
 * Huddersfield line to Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Manchester and Liverpool
 * Wakefield line to Wakefield, Doncaster and Sheffield
 * Hallam Line to Barnsley, Sheffield and Nottingham via Normanton
 * Pontefract line to Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley
 * York and Selby lines to Selby and York via Micklefield

The Airedale Line also hosts services to Morecambe and to Carlisle via Settle.

All services on the York and Selby Lines are extensions of Caldervale Line trains and the TransPennine Expresses which dominate the Huddersfield line.

The Wakefield Line is also used by expresses on the East Coast Main Line, the Midland Main Line and the Cross Country Route. London North Eastern Railway also serve Bradford, Skipton and Harrogate.

York to Blackpool (Roses Line) trains follow the Caldervale route until just before Todmorden, then go through Burnley and along the East Lancashire line via Blackburn and Preston to Blackpool.

Leeds also has one heritage line, the Middleton Railway.

Prior to the Railways Act 1921, which led to the 1923 grouping of railways in Britain, most railways in Leeds were owned by five companies.
 * The North Eastern Railway, NER
 * The Great Northern Railway, GNR
 * The Midland Railway, MR
 * The London and North Western Railway, LNWR
 * The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, LYR

Upon grouping at the start of 1923 the NER and GNR (along with the smaller East and West Yorks Union Railway) joined the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). The other main players all became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The Middleton Railway remained independent, as did the Aberford Railway until its closure the following year.

Opening dates
The railways shown here were opened in the years shown by the following companies (final pre-grouping owner shown last where applicable):