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Hunslet Junction to Midland Goods (Leeds)
Midland Railway
Contributors:  Rikj / Phill Davison
Midland Goods 1980

 
Crown Point portal. (17-07-05)  Rikj    Websites -   http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikj/
Part of Original Leeds & Derby railway. The Midland Goods Station is now Crown Point Retail Park.
The portal to the cutting is at GB Grid SE303323.
Hunslet Junction at the other end of the cutting is at GB Grid SE304319
Jack lane bridge (2006) : Phill Davison
Hunslet Midland goods cutting from 2006 when the cutting had been sold at auction. The vegetation had been cleared away with some landfill removed from the Jack lane bridge.
Leathley Road bridge (17-07-05) Rikj
The cutting has three road bridges crossing it, from north to south-
Ivory Street,  Leathley Road,  Jack Lane.
Leathley Road bridge (17-07-05) Rikj
The Jack Lane bridge has had earth filled up under the bridge.The Crown Point end is at the back of the retail park and there is a security fence and gates. The cutting was recently sold at auction by Pugh & Company on behalf of BRB (Residuary) Ltd. Guide price £83,000, went for £138,000. It was sold as being suitable for landfill.
Ivory street bridge (2006) : Phill Davison
The cutting was fairly substantial, four tracks wide lined with a deep stone retaining wall along it's 500yd length from the goods depot to the midland main line connection. The cutting is now used for storing civil engineering plant machinery.

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