Airedale line
According to SELRAP, the Airedale line is the most heavily used passenger route outside the South East of England.In 1994 under Regional Railways, the line was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead between Leeds and Skipton,[2] and new British Rail Class 333 trains were introduced in the early 2000s.[3] New stock and longer trains were introduced by the former Northern franchise Arriva Rail North in 2019 to tackle this issue.Because of the difficulty of lengthening platforms at Shipley, it will be hard to introduce longer trains (i.e. 5 or 6 carriages) as was proposed on the neighbouring Wharfedale line.[8] A 2008 report by Modern Railways claimed that a solid hourly service would operate on the line as far as Long Preston, but would serve Carlisle and Lancaster alternately.
CrossflattsNetwork RailWest YorkshireYorkshire and the HumberBradford Forster SquareSkiptonCarlisleLancasterLondon North Eastern RailwayNorthernBritish Rail Class 333Track gaugestandard gaugeElectrificationOverhead catenarySelby LineHallam linePontefract lineLeeds CentralHolbeckHuddersfield lineCalder Valley lineHarrogate lineArmley Canal RoadKirkstallKirkstall ForgeNewlay and HorsforthCalverley and RodleyApperley BridgeWharfedale lineApperley ViaductsThackley TunnelBaildonShipley & WindhillManninghamFrizinghallShipleySaltaireBingleyThwaitesQueensbury linesKeighley & Worth Valley RailwayKeighleySteeton and SilsdenKildwick and CrosshillsCononleySkipton to Ilkley LineYorkshire Dales RailwaySkipton to Colne lineLeeds to Morecambe lineWest Yorkshire MetroBradfordMorecambeMidland RailwaySELRAPSouth East of EnglandLeeds and Bradford RailwayBeeching AxeRegional RailwayselectrifiedArriva Rail NorthNorth Eastern RailwayLeeds and Bradford Extension RailwayOxenhopeKeighley and Worth Valley RailwaySteeton & SilsdenLeeds–Morecambe lineSettle–Carlisle lineApperley Bridge stationNorthern TrainsLeeds railway stationLeeds–Bradford lineLondon King's CrossClass 91sClass 801sEast CoastModern RailwaysLong PrestonWest Coast Main LineTelegraph & ArgusEast Coast Main LineMidland Main LineCross Country RouteHope Valley lineDoncaster–Lincoln lineNorthallerton–Eaglescliffe lineSheffield–Lincoln lineAskern branch lineBarton lineDearne Valley lineEsk Valley lineHull–ScarboroughLeeds–Bradford linesLeeds–Northallerton railwayPenistone LineSelby DiversionSouth Humberside Main LineStocksbridge RailwaySwinton–DoncasterWakefield lineYork–ScarboroughBarnsley–DoncasterBeeston Junction–Hunslet Goods railwayBradford–Leeds & WakefieldBrockholes–HolmfirthClayton West branchDearne Valley RailwayGilling and PickeringHarrogate–Church FentonHarrogate Gasworks RailwayHuddersfield–KirkburtonHull–Barnsley (Cudworth)Hull and HoldernessHull and HornseaKnaresborough–YorkLeeds–HarrogateLow Moor–MirfieldMalton–DriffieldMiddlesbrough–GuisboroughMiddlesbrough–Guisborough–NormanbyHuddersfield–BradfordLockwood–MelthamNunthorpe–BattersbyOtley–IlkleyPilmoor–KnaresboroughRosedale Railway