2018

SE3033 : Selby train leaving Leeds

taken 6 years ago, near to Leeds, England

Selby train leaving Leeds
Selby train leaving Leeds
Sprinter unit 150102 on the 13.29 Bradford to Selby stopping service.
Leeds Station :: SE2933

Leeds railway station is the second busiest railway station in England outside of London. It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.
Leeds is an important hub on the British rail network. The station is the terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line which provides high speed inter-city services to London and is an important stop on the CrossCountry network between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Nottingham, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle line.
Leeds is a major hub for local and regional destinations across Yorkshire such as to York, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. The station lies at the heart of the Metro commuter network for West Yorkshire providing services to Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax.
With 25 million passenger entries and exits between April 2011 and March 2012, Leeds is the busiest railway station in the North of England and the third-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London, after Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central.


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Geographical Context: Railways other tags: Sprinter Class 150 Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY 2018 · Class 150 diesel multiple units Automatic Clusters: · Leeds [1925] ·
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SE3033, 3271 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 29 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 1 October, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 3005 3323 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:47.6711N 1:32.7183W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 3003 3322
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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