West Yorkshire: Airedale And Wharefedale Lines

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  1. londonmidland

    londonmidland Well-Known Member

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    I’d like to propose for the Airedale and Wharefdale lines to be built, based in the modern era. The route itself offers lots of journey opportunities, with multiple start and end points.

    Proposed era: 2010 - 2021

    Operators: Serco Northern or Arriva Northern depending on year

    Rolling Stock: Class 333, Class 322, Class 158, Class 331

    Routes & Mileage:
    Leeds - Skipton: 26 miles/45 minutes
    Leeds - Ilkley: 16 miles/30 minutes
    Leeds - Bradford Forster Square: 13 miles/25 minutes
    Bradford Forster Square - Skipton: 18 miles/40 minutes
    Bradford Forster Square - Ilkley: 13 miles/35 minutes


    Route Map:
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  2. Northerner

    Northerner Well-Known Member

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    I do think this would be a nice little network, Cathcart-esque, with plenty of services and good variety of rolling stock (EMUs, DMUs and quite a bit of freight also).
     
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  3. Crosstie

    Crosstie Well-Known Member

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    Looks like a nice rural network. Surprised that it's still intact, given the Beeching cuts.
    By the way, I noticed the logo. Is this a fairly current map?
     
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  4. formulabee#1362

    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Would love this route and buy it. They could do olr northern branding because it is owned by the government.
     
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  5. londonmidland

    londonmidland Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking exactly this; it reminds me of Cathcart because of all its branches.
     
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  6. londonmidland

    londonmidland Well-Known Member

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    The route shown is still the same, yes. I believe the logo is just an overlay over the map, and doesn’t mean it’s old as in BR era.

    The lines were electrified in the mid to late 90s.
     
  7. Northerner

    Northerner Well-Known Member

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    The Ilkley line was actually intended to close in the Beeching Report but there was fierce local opposition so the line south of Ilkley was saved, though the line between Ilkley and Skipton was still closed. All local stations on the Aire Valley were also closed, with only stations serving the towns remaining. Mass house building in the area since the 60s and a huge increase in commuting to Leeds has seen the lines been revived with many of the closed stations being reopened and now have a frequent service, with up to 10tph into Leeds from the Airedale and Wharfedale Lines in the morning peak.
     
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  8. creeperblox2710

    creeperblox2710 Well-Known Member

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    The BR Logo is on every Map of the Wikipedia Pages of the British Routes, they have that on the WCML Map, ECML Map and so on.
     
  9. Crosstie

    Crosstie Well-Known Member

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    But the 158 still operates? I would prefer that to the electrics.
     
  10. londonmidland

    londonmidland Well-Known Member

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    Yes. The 158 operates the long distance Leeds to Carlisle services. Past Skipton, the line isn't electrified. Other than that, all other services are operated by EMU's.
     
  11. formulabee#1362

    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Also I believe the line is under consideration to be completely re opened
     
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