The Line Running for a total of 84.43 miles, this line stretches from the Yorkshire city of Leeds towards the seaside town of Morecambe (home of the legendary and late Eric Morecambe!), then toward Heysham Port. Also, the branch to Bradford Forster Square will be included for extra service opportunities. Stations Major stations marked in Bold Leeds Kirkstall Forge Apperley Bridge Shipley (fact: this station, along with Earlestown near Liverpool, are the only triangular shaped stations in the country) Saltaire Bingley Crossflatts Keighley Steeton and Silsden Cononley Skipton Gargrave Hellifield Long Preston Giggleswick Clapham Bentham Wennington Carnforth Lancaster Bare Lane Morecambe Heysham Port Bradford FS branch Shipley Frizinghall Bradford FS Operators and Rolling Stock 1 operator will be featured, this being Northern. 3 trains will be featured, these being the Class 158, Class 333, and Class 142 Pacer (Yay!) The Class 66 can be layered in for freight to and from Heysham Nuclear Power Station. Services Airedale Line (operated by Class 333) Leeds-Skipton: 2tph Bradford FS-Skipton: 2tph Leeds-Bradford FS: 2tph Wharfedale Line (operated by Class 333) Bradford FS- Ilkley: 2tph [ends at Shipley] Toward Morecambe and Heysham (operated by Class 158 and Class 142) Leeds-Morecambe via Lancaster: 1tp2h Lancaster-Morecambe via Carnforth: 1tpd Lancaster-Morecambe: 1tph (some extended to Heysham Port) DLC Opportunities Rolling Stock Class 322 (Subs for 333) Class 144 (Subs for 158/142) Extensions (sensible to do) Shipley-Ilkley (inc line toward Kirkstall Forge): 13.29 miles Leeds-Leeds via Castleford and Wakefield: 28.64 miles Carnforth-Barrow in Furness: 28.92 miles Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: 4.84 miles Leeds-Bradford Interchange: 8.94 miles Pictures Leeds Skipton Class 333 Class 158 Class 142 Final Words As with a lot of the routes I suggest, they can stretch for quite a bit past TSW2s ideal route length (20-50 miles) but I feel this should be enjoyed at its fullest from Leeds to Heysham but it can be cut back to Skipton instead if it is too long. But anyway, the main highlight of this route is Pacers... I needn't say anymore... no seriously.
