Routes

Britain's railways 1834 - present Routes & companies

Contributors: © Reproduction prohibited / Lost Railways / Ralph Rawlinson / Richard Strand / Simon Edgerton

Routes by company & opening dates
Great Northern Lines	L & N.W.R Lines	L & Y Lines	Midland Lines	N E R Lines
Adwalton - Wakefield 1864	Batley - Birstall Lower 1852	Calder Valley - Main Line 1840	Royston - Dewsbury Savile town 1906	Church Fenton - Harrogate 1848
Ardsley - Laisterdyke 1857	Heaton Lodge - Stalybridge	Mirfield - Low Moor 1847	Newtown Goods 1910	Leeds - Harrogate 1849
Batley - Beeston 1890	Kirkburton Branch 1867	Cutsyke - Methley 1849	Leeds Hunslet Junction - Midland Goods	Leeds - Wetherby 1876
Beeston Jn -Hunslet Gds 1899	Leeds New Line 1900	Holmfirth Branch 1850	Leeds - Derby 1840	Castleford - Garforth 1878
Dewsbury Loop 1880		Meltham Branch 1869
Laisterdyke - Shipley		Ravensthorpe Branch 1869
Pudsey Loop 1893		North Dean Branch 1875
Queensbury Lines 1878		Pickle Bridge Line 1881
		Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth 1881
		Horbury West Curve 1902

Towns & Joint Lines
Bradford	G N R L & Y Midland
Dewsbury	G N R L & Y Midland L N W
Halifax	G N R L & Y
Holmfield - Halifax St Pauls	G N R L & Y
Leeds	G N R L & Y Midland N E R
Lofthouse jn - Lofthouse & Outwood	G N R L & Y N E R
Otley - Ilkley	Midland N E R

Routes Map - Railway Network West Yorkshire 1834 - 1910

Key for above map

Great Northern Lines		L & N.W.R Lines	L & Y Lines	Midland Lines
1 Clayton 2 Great Horton 3 Horton Park 4 Manchester Road 5 St Dunstans 6 Laisterdyke 7 Eccleshill 8 Stanningley 9 Pudsey Greenside 10 Pudsey Lowtown 11 Bramley 12 Armley & Wortley 13 Birkenshaw & Tong 14 Drighlington & Adwalton	15 Gildersome 16 Howden Clough 17 Upper Batley 18 Morley Top 19 Woodkirk 20 Tingley 21 Beeston 22 Dewsbury Central 23 Earlsheaton 24 Chickenley 25 Osset 26 Flushdyke 27 Alverthorpe 28 Sandal	1 Battyeford 2 Northorpe 3 Heckmondwike Spen 4 Liversedge Spen 5 Cleckheaton Spen 6 Gomersal 7 Birstall Town 8 Gildersome 9 Farnley & Wortley 10 Ravensthorpe&Thornhill 11 Dewsbury Wellington Rd 12 Batley Carr 13 Carlinghow 14 Birstall Goods	1 Northorpe 2 Ravensthorpe 3 Dewsbury Market Place 4 Heckmondwike 5 Liversedge 6 Cleckheaton 7 Copley 8 West Vale 9 Elland 10 Brighouse 11 Hipperholme 12 Lightcliffe 13 Wyke & Norwood Green 14 Crofton	1 Kirkstall Forge 2 Kirkstall 3 Armley Canal Road

West Yorkshire Present

Various maps

Metroland 1905 : Richard Strand
What the Metro map might look like if created 100 years ago.

Wakefield Adwalton Junction OS Map (1947) : Ralph Rawlinson

Huddersfield Leeds OS Map : Ralph Rawlinson

Dewsbury OS Map (1947) : Ralph Rawlinson

Dewsbury Midland Railway System : Ralph Rawlinson

Trains Illustrated 1957 : Simon Edgerton
The History of Railways between Leeds & Bradford
From Rail tour of the West Riding 1 to 4 See Homeless section

Routes Map - Railway Network Huddersfield Dewsbury Batley 1840-1910

1840	Calder Valley Main Line (Manchester to Normanton)	L & Y*
1847	Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge	L.N.W*
1847	Cleckheaton Branch Mirfield to Low Moor	L & Y
1848	Thornhill Junction to Leeds	L.N.W
1849	Huddersfield to Stalybridge	L.N.W
1850	Huddersfield to Sheffield Junction (penistone line)	L & Y
1850	Holmfirth Branch	L & Y
1852	Bradley Curve	L.N.W
1852	Birstall Branch	L.N.W
1860	Wrenthorpe (Wakefield) to Batley	G N R
1860	Adwalton Junction to Batley	G N R
1867	Dewsbury to Market Place Branch	L & Y
1867	Kirkburton Branch	L.N.W
1869	Thornhill to Heckmondwike Central (Ravensthorpe branch)	L & Y
1869	Meltham Branch	L & Y
1874	Osset to Dewsbury Central	G N R
1879	Clayton West Branch	L & Y
1880	Dewsbury to Batley	G N R
1881	Pickle Bridge Junction (Wyke) to Anchor pit Junction	L & Y
1897	Headfield Junction to Dewsbury Junction	G N R
1900	Heaton Lodge to Farnley Junction (Leeds New Line)	L.N.W
1909	Royston to Thornhill Junction (Savile Town)	Midland
1910	Mirfield to Newtown Goods Yard (Huddersfield)	Midland

London North Western   ▬▬▬
Lancashire & Yorkshire   ▬▬▬
Midland              ▬▬▬
Great Northern             ▬▬▬

Note*
The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line) Became The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1847.
1847 Huddersfield to Heaton Lodge (Battyeford) opened by the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway & Canal Company, later Became part of the London & North Western Railway.

Merging
1922 Lancashire & Yorkshire Merged With London & North West
1923 London Midland & Scottish Railway - London & North Eastern Railway - Great Western Railway - Southern Railway
1948 The four companies nationalised to form British Rail

Dewsbury & Batley c1900

Key for above map

London North Western   ▬▬▬
Lancashire & Yorkshire   ▬▬▬
Midland              ▬▬▬
Great Northern             ▬▬▬

Yorkshire & Humberside Railway Companies & Grouping
Original Yorkshire & Humberside Companies		Pre Grouping Companies	Grouping 1923	BTC 1948
York & Newcastle	York, Newcastle & Berwick	North Eastern Railway (NER)	London & North Eastern (LNER)	British Railways 1948
Leeds & Thirsk	Leeds Northern
Leeds & Selby	York & North Midland
Whitby & Pickering
Hull & Selby
East & West Yorkshire Junction
Middlesborough & Guiseborough	Stockton & Darlington
Middlesborough & Redcar
Cleveland
Hull and Barnsley
Malton & Driffield
Leeds Bradford & Halifax Junction		Great Northern Railway (GNR)
Bradford Wakefield & Leeds
West Yorkshire
Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction	Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire	Great Central Railway (GCR)
Sheffield Ashton & Manchester
Sheffield & Lincs Junction
South Yorkshire
Lancashire Derbyshire & East Coast
		Great Eastern Railway (GER)
		Sheffield District Railway (SDR)
		North British Railway (NBR)
		Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)
Manchester & Leeds	Lancashire & Yorkshire	London & North Western Railway (LNWR)	London Midland & Scottish (LMS)
Leeds Dewsbury & Manchester Railway
Huddersfield & Manchester
Dearne Valley Railway
Heaton Lodge & Wortley Railway
Sheffield &Rotherham Railway		Midland Railway (MR)
Leeds & Bradford Railway
North Midland Railway
North Western Railway

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