Leeds Station :: Shared Description

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.
by N Chadwick
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SE2933 : A view from platform 3, Leeds Railway Station by habiloid
SE2933 : West Coast Railways train at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : Queens Hotel, porte cochere with town shields by Alan Murray-Rust
SE2933 : Leeds Station by Bob Harvey
SE2933 : Leeds station by Malc McDonald
SE2933 : Early railbus at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE3033 : Grand Central at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : HST from Leeds to London (1) by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : Leeds station - Ilkley and Skipton trains by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : Express Sprinter class 158 no.158849 in Northern Rail livery at Leeds Station by Jonathan Hutchins
SE2933 : West out of Leeds by Gerald England
SE2933 : Nova 1 at Leeds station by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : "Jack Mills" at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : Leeds Station by N Chadwick
SE2933 : The hidden platform by Bob Harvey
SE2933 : Station entrance by Bob Harvey
SE2933 : Platforms 16 & 15 by Gerald England
SE2933 : The Skipton train, platform 3, Leeds Railway Station by habiloid
SE2933 : Nova 3 set at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : In Leeds Station by N Chadwick
SE2933 : New electric train at Leeds by Stephen Craven
SE2933 : Ready for Wigan by Bob Harvey
SE2933 : LMS crest, former railway offices, City Square by Alan Murray-Rust
SE2933 : Train to Redcar by Bob Harvey
SE2933 : Northern Rail at Leeds by Stephen Craven

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Created: Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Updated: Sat, 18 Oct 2014

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