Who owns Leeds station?
Network Rail
The station is operated by Network Rail and has 17 platforms. Opened in 1938, the station has been rebuilt twice, in 1967 and 2002. Leeds railway station was formed by merging two stations, Wellington and the New Station (opened in 1846 and 1869).
Are Leeds train station toilets open?
Toilets are free of charge. Men: platform 8 and near the New Station Street entrance. Women: platform 8 and near the New Station Street entrance. Baby change: near the New Station Street entrance, and platform 12.
When did the railway come to Leeds?
1758
Leeds began its relationship with the railway in 1758, when parliamentary authority was granted for a wooden wagon-way to haul coal from Middleton to Leeds. In the early days of railway development, six different companies developed competing lines and different stations in and around Leeds.
When did the IRA bomb England?
February 1974
The IRA began its campaign when in February 1974 a bomb exploded on a bus that was transporting soldiers and their families to an army base in North Yorkshire; 12 people were killed, including two young children.
When was Wellington railway station in Leeds built?
A temporary station called Wellington Station was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846.This Company became part of the much larger Midland Railway, who built a permanent Wellington Station in 1850, resting on top of arches over the River Aire on which part of Leeds Station is built to this day.
When was Leeds and Bradford railway station built?
The art deco North Concourse is restored. A temporary station called Wellington Station was built by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in 1846.This Company became part of the much larger Midland Railway, who built a permanent Wellington Station in 1850, resting on top of arches over the River Aire on which part of Leeds Station is built to this day.
When was Leeds City station added to the network?
After railway ‘grouping’ in 1923, and with increasing traffic through Leeds in this period, New and Wellington Stations were joined in 1938 to create Leeds City Station.
Where are the tunnels at New Leeds station?
The vaults created a series of tunnels, each about 80 yards long, running beneath New Station and connecting with the vaults beneath Wellington, running parallel between the River Aire and the basin of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Further side vaults, running east to west, connected many of the underground arches making a railway maze.