The West Riding of Yorkshire boasted the most complex railway
network in Britain, comprised at various times of seven railway
companies, with an eighth trying to secure a foothold, eleven
significant joint lines and several minor systems. With no overall
strategic pattern of territory or route, the companies seemed to
vie incessantly for supremacy, often at the expense of efficiency
with the significant duplication of facilities: over twenty-five
towns and villages had two passenger stations, while some even had
three or four! This book reviews the local history, including its
economy and key industries. It describes the need for the railways
and the political and geographical challenges they faced. It
discusses the impact on the region of 'railway mania' experienced
throughout Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. The many
locomotives that worked these lines are celebrated, with a
behind-the-scenes look at their yards, sheds and roundhouses. The
lost branch lines and stations are remembered. Finally, there are
individual chapters covering Leeds, Doncaster, Barnsley and the
coalfields, Sheffield and Rotherham, Airedale and Wharfedale, the
Aire and Calder watershed, the Calder Valley and Huddersfield.
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