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36-489: WYR may refer to: West Yorkshire Railway West Yorkshire Regiment , an infantry unit of the British Army, active 1685–1958 WYR series , a wireless router from Buffalo Technology Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WYR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

72-704: A minimum dividend of 6%. On 1 February 1866 the West Riding and Grimsby Railway was opened, jointly owned by the Great Northern Railway and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway . Part of the line formed a direct link between Doncaster and Wakefield, leading on to the former BW&LR line. At last the GNR had a direct route under its own control from Doncaster to Leeds. The West Yorkshire Railway network had become an integral part of

108-622: A proposal that the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway and the BW&;LR should amalgamate, but the idea came to nothing. In fact both lines were dependent on the Great Northern Railway for the majority of their income. The BW&LR obtained an act of Parliament on 23 July 1860 for a branch to Ossett . It was single line, and left the main line at Wrenthorpe [south] junction, just north of Wakefield. It ran as far as Roundwood colliery, carrying mineral traffic from 6 January 1862. Soon after it

144-615: A southbound journey after Doncaster ) and westbound towards Bradford Interchange via Halifax . The island platform consisting of platforms 2 and 3, is linked to platform 1 and the station building by a newly refurbished subway, featuring better lighting and new bright white paint. Art panels were added to the subway in February 2017, and a brass band rendition of ' Jerusalem ' plays in the background. Most services through this station are operated by Northern , but others are operated by TransPennine Express and Grand Central . During

180-499: A third route between Wakefield and Bradford. In the 1863 session of Parliament the BW&LR sought powers to change its name to the West Yorkshire Railway, and this was sanctioned by an act of Parliament of 21 July 1863. Also in the 1863 session of Parliament the BW&LR sought powers for a branch to Methley , and this too was sanctioned by the act of Parliament of 21 July 1863, giving running powers over

216-537: Is part of the present-day electrically operated Doncaster to Leeds main line. At the conclusion of a Parliamentary struggle, the Great Northern Railway was authorised in 1846 to build a railway line from London to York . York was already reached from London by linked railways in the group controlled by George Hudson , the so-called Railway King. His business methods were tough and effective, but they were also underhand and dishonest, and eventually he

252-577: The Midland Railway to Gelderd Junction, immediately outside the Leeds Central station. GNR trains making that journey finally reached the station by reversing over a short length of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway . The first GNR trains reached Leeds by this route on 1 October 1849. The Midland Railway was firmly under the control of George Hudson and was therefore hostile to the GNR, but Hudson

288-724: The West Yorkshire Railway , and planned a branch line from Lofthouse to Methley, forming an eastwards link to other companies' lines. It agreed to make the line jointly with the North Eastern Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , and the branch line became the Methley Joint Railway , opening in 1865. In that year the West Yorkshire Railway (former BW&LR) was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway. The original main line

324-482: The BW&LR gave the GNR direct access to Leeds without running over the rival Midland Railway, and without the necessity to reverse direction on the approach to Leeds itself. This was a very considerable advantage for the GNR, and from 12 November 1857 the company transferred most of its long-distance trains on to the route. From November 1857 the GNR complained about poor permanent way conditions between Wakefield and Leeds, and threatened to transfer its traffic back to

360-505: The GNR using the two faces on the east side. A permanent station with an island platform was provided at Dewsbury. The new double-track line was 1 mile 74  chains (1.93 miles, 3.10 km) in length, from a new Dewsbury junction on the Ossett-Dewsbury line, leaving the temporary Dewsbury terminus station at the end of a 31 chains (620 m) branch, thereafter used only for goods and minerals. General traffic began on

396-413: The Great Northern Railway system in the area. The Ossett and Batley line passed Dewsbury by, and the GNR decided to make a new line connecting Dewsbury into the system. An act of Parliament of 24 July 1871 authorised this. Work started on 9 April 1872; the project included doubling the line from Wrenthorpe junction to Ossett; this was completed to Runtlings Lane junction by August 1873. A new north curve

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432-654: The Great Northern Railway, which operated their trains, and the occasional talk of absorption by the GNR became serious. In the face of strenuous L&YR opposition, the West Yorkshire Railway (former BW&LR) as well as the LB&;HJR passed into GNR possession. The GNR took over working of the WYR on 1 January 1865, ratified by an act of Parliament of 5 July; the one third share of the Methley Joint line became GNR property from 5 September. The WYR shareholders were guaranteed

468-724: The L&;YR. There was a fourteen span viaduct in its 49 chain length. Goods traffic began in 1887; the curve was sanctioned by the Board of Trade for passenger operation in October 1887, but no regular service was run until 1893, when a joint GNR/L&YR Leeds-Pudsey-Cleckheaton-Batley-Leeds circular service was introduced. The passenger service from Wakefield to Dewsbury (and on to Drighlington ) closed from 8 September 1964. The entire line from Adwalton through Batley to Wrenthorpe Junctions, near Wakefield, closed on 15 February 1965, except for

504-575: The Methley route of the Midland Railway. In October the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway gave notice that from 1 January 1858 it would appoint its own station staff. The GNR abruptly withdrew its engines and coal wagons, in effect ceasing to work the line. The BW&LR hurriedly had to acquire engines and wagons of its own. For a few months it hired wagons from the GNR. In 1859 there was

540-528: The North Eastern Railway at Methley Joint Line junction; there was a spur at Methley connecting to the L&YR. The line opened in August 1865 for goods traffic, but passenger working was delayed until 1 June 1869. The south curve at Lofthouse was brought into use on 1 May 1876. The West Yorkshire Railway, together with the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, had become dominated by

576-534: The North Eastern Railway from Methley to Castleford . The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the North Eastern Railway had opposed this line, but they had acquiesced on the promise of its being made joint with them. This was ratified by an act of Parliament of 23 June 1864, and the line became known as the Methley joint line, or the Methley Joint Railway. The railway diverged from the West Yorkshire Railway at Lofthouse North junction, and joined

612-548: The Wakefield station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, via Ardsley, to Wortley Junction on the LB&HJR, near Leeds. Wortley Junction was to be formed as a triangular junction, enabling direct running from Wakefield towards Bradford and Halifax. The originating point was Ings Road Junction, immediately west of the Wakefield station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, later Wakefield Kirkgate station . The line

648-621: The area. The proposal was approved and funds raised in March 2013. The work was carried out in two phases between 2013 and 2015. Work completed by June 2013 included the following items: A second phase of work, completed in September 2015, included Grand Central opened a first class lounge for its customers in April 2017. Historically, figures for annual passenger usage at Kirkgate were comparatively low, with only 769 tickets sold to/from

684-500: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WYR&oldid=917732655 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages West Yorkshire Railway The BW&LR later built a branch line from near Wakefield to Batley, opening in stages to 1863. In that year it changed its name to

720-454: The nearby Wakefield Westgate railway station , Kirkgate is unstaffed. The station is managed by Northern but also served by Grand Central and TransPennine Express . It is on the Hallam , Calder Valley , Pontefract and Huddersfield lines. It has a limited number of services to London King's Cross . The original Kirkgate station opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840 was

756-518: The new Wrenthorpe curve, increased to eight each way on weekdays in June. A collapse in the financial markets caused the GNR to defer proceeding to Batley, and the parliamentary powers to do so lapsed; they were authorised once again by an act of Parliament of 12 July 1877. An agreement was made with the London and North Western Railway to rebuild Batley station: the new station had two island platforms,

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792-562: The new line on 12 April 1880; most of the trains which had used the old West Yorkshire single line between Ossett and Batley were diverted via Dewsbury. The old line was now referred to as the Chickenley Heath branch. A railmotor operated a shuttle service between Ossett and Chickenley Heath, but a parallel tram service killed that off: it closed on 1 July 1909. A connecting line was built at Dewsbury from Dewsbury Goods junction (formerly Dewsbury junction) to Headfield junction on

828-488: The only station in Wakefield until Westgate was opened in 1867. The railway station building dates from 1854. It is named for the nearby Kirkgate street. Some demolition work took place in 1972, removing buildings on the island platform and the roof with its original ironwork canopy which covered the whole station. A wall remains as evidence of these buildings. After this, Kirkgate was listed in 1979. Since Westgate developed as Wakefield's main railway station, Kirkgate

864-492: The section from Roundwood Colliery (near Flushdyke) to Wrenthorpe North Junction, which closed on 31 October 1965. In the 1980s a major project of electrification was implemented on the East Coast Main Line and associated routes. The Doncaster to Leeds line was included, and the first electric train ran from Doncaster to Leeds in August 1988. The original main line of the BW&LR continues in use as part of

900-423: The station in the 2006/07 financial year. However this was because most tickets are bought to "Wakefield Stations", and it was hard to determine the true use of Wakefield Westgate and Kirkgate as separate entities. Following changes in the way the statistics are collected, Kirkgate's usage figure increased significantly to a value which more accurately reflects its true usage. In 2022/23, 508,000 journeys to and from

936-716: The station were estimated along with 82,000 interchanges. Platform 1 – Served by northbound Northern services to Leeds and Castleford , and also by services to and from York . Platform 2 – Served by southbound Northern services towards Barnsley , Meadowhall Interchange , Sheffield , Lincoln and Nottingham . The newly introduced TransPennine Express service to Manchester Piccadilly via Huddersfield also calls at this platform four times each day. Platform 3 – Served by north-eastbound Northern services towards Knottingley, westbound to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds and also several times each day by Grand Central eastbound towards London King's Cross (which then begin

972-510: The trunk electrified Doncaster to Leeds line. The short section between Wakefield Kirkgate and Wakefield Westgate has not been electrified, but carries an approximately hourly passenger service between Knottingley and Leeds. The Ossett and Batley line, and the Methley joint line, are closed. Wakefield Kirkgate railway station Wakefield Kirkgate railway station is a railway station in Wakefield , West Yorkshire , England . Unlike

1008-585: Was a viaduct with three brick arches of 30 feet span. A new platform at a higher level was provided at Flushdyke, although to reach it passengers had to cross the rails of the earlier line. The BW&LR had obtained an act of Parliament on 17 May 1861 to further extend the line to Batley , a distance of 3 miles 55 chains. The new line was to make a junction with the LB&HJR line at Batley. The works were considerable, including two tunnels: Chickenley Heath (47 yd) and Shaw Cross (209 yd). The single line route opened on 15 December 1864. The combined branches formed

1044-410: Was at the final stage of his powers and his initial antagonism became ineffective. On 1 August 1854, the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway opened its line between Leeds and Bowling, near Bradford . Great Northern Railway trains ran over it, reaching Halifax over the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. For the first time a direct communication from Halifax to London without break of journey

1080-481: Was created. Although the LB&HJR was independent, the beginnings of a Great Northern Railway network in West Yorkshire were visible. Nevertheless, there were still some significant gaps in the railway system, and another independent company, the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway secured its authorising act of Parliament on 10 July 1854. Authorised share capital was £180,000. It was to be built from

1116-408: Was double track and stations were at Wakefield (Westgate), Lofthouse, and Ardsley. The new line was opened on 5 October 1857, following a ceremonial opening on 3 October; it was worked by the Great Northern Railway which already worked the majority of trains on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction line. GNR trains could already run from the south to Wakefield over the L&YR. The opening of

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1152-523: Was extended to a station named "Ossett", in fact at Flushdyke, opening on 7 April 1862, but minerals had been carried between Roundwood Colliery sidings and Wrenthorpe since 6 January. Captain Rich of the Board of Trade inspected the new line on 12 March 1864 and found it satisfactory, and the remainder of the line to Ossett was opened for traffic on 2 April 1864. It was a single line, 65 chains long, and there

1188-504: Was found out and disgraced. The Great Northern Railway promoters had wanted branches to Sheffield and Leeds , but these were cut out of the authorisation in Parliament. Leeds was an important commercial centre, and the GNR had to take alternative steps to reach it. For a time the only possibility was over the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from Askern Junction (north of Doncaster ) to Knottingley and Methley , and from there over

1224-537: Was made at Wrenthorpe, opened to goods trains from March 1875 and passenger trains from 1 May 1876. The new line was 2 miles 1  chain (2.01 miles, 3.24 km) in length to a temporary Dewsbury terminus station. Goods traffic to Dewsbury began on 1 May 1874 and passenger trains on 9 September, when a service of 14 trains each way on weekdays and five each way on Sundays was put on between Wakefield and Dewsbury. On 1 May 1876 six trains each way on weekdays and three on Sundays began between Leeds and Dewsbury via

1260-453: Was neglected for many years and deteriorated until it was in a poor state of repair. In January 2008 the former goods warehouse was demolished to make way for a depot for Network Rail. In October 2008, part of the station wall collapsed, destroying a parked car. The station is unstaffed and, despite the presence of CCTV , it suffered from crime. A rape, a serious assault and several robberies took place there. In July 2009, Kirkgate station

1296-658: Was visited by Secretary of State for Transport Lord Adonis who dubbed it "the worst medium-large station in Britain". Local consensus was that the state of its facilities discouraged its use. Following a campaign supported by the Wakefield Express newspaper, plans to redevelop the station were formulated. In July 2011, Wakefield Council was asked to decide upon a £500,000 grant to the environmental regeneration charity Groundwork UK as part of its £4 million Kirkgate project in which new life would be breathed into

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