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Apperley Viaducts
The Apperley Viaducts are two adjacent railway viaducts straddling the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. The open viaduct dates back to 1900, carrying the current double track Airedale line railway, whereas the redundant adjacent viaduct (to the immediate west) dates back to 1867, and was built to replace the original bridge at this point which collapsed in November 1866 due to severe flooding. The viaducts are two of the many railway crossings of the River Aire between Shipley and Leeds. History The first bridge over the Aire at this point was opened with the railway in May 1846, when the inaugural train stopped at the viaduct to inspect the earthworks. The first viaduct was long with ten arches, and carried up to 200 trains per day. Severe flooding in 1866 meant that instead of the river flowing through three arches, which it did normally, it was flooding through all ten arches of the viaduct by 16 November. This caused enough damage to the viaduct that it collapsed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipley Railway Station
Shipley railway station serves the market town of Shipley, West Yorkshire, Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is north of and north-west of . Train services are mostly commuter services between Leeds and Bradford, the Airedale line (Leeds and Bradford to Skipton, via Keighley), and the Wharfedale Line (Leeds and Bradford to Ilkley). There are also a few main-line London North Eastern Railway services between Bradford or Skipton and London, and it also lies on the line from Leeds to Glasgow via the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Shipley is one of only two surviving "triangular" stations in the UK: it has platforms on all three sides of a triangle of lines. History When the Leeds and Bradford Railway built the first railway link into Bradford, Yorkshire, Bradford in 1846 in rail transport, 1846, they did not take the shortest route, but a flatter and slightly longer one up Airedale to Shipley, West Yorkshire, Shipley then south along Bradford Dale (Yorkshire), Bradford Dale to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkstall Road Viaduct
Kirkstall Road Viaduct is a Grade II listed building, listed railway viaduct carrying the Harrogate line over the A65 road (England), A65 Kirkstall Road, the River Aire, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Burley, Leeds, Burley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. It was built in 1849 by the engineer Thomas Grainger for the Leeds Northern Railway, Leeds and Thirsk Railway. The viaduct, which is approximately , is a significant local landmark due to the wide, shallow nature of the valley it crosses. In addition to passing over the Aire, canal and road, the viaduct also passed over working class back-to-back accommodation in the river valley. The Kirkstall Viaduct remains in use today, with sections of the former Leeds Northern Railway line linking Leeds and Harrogate and connecting to . However, its immediate surroundings are mostly 20th century industrial buildings and industrial parks, which replaced the residential back-to-backs. Grainger supervised the construction of the whole the line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
