Bigman
Well-Known Member
- Jan 14, 2009
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OK, bedtime reading!! My cunning plan for a fixed rail solution…Tram Trains running a route as follows:
Leeds – Airport Section - to incorporate street level running in Leeds City Centre
City Square (Terminus)
Park Row (South Parade)
Headrow (Dortmund Square)
Vicar Lane (Victoria Gate)
Boar Lane (Trinity)
New Station Street (Leeds City Station)
Wellington Street (Central Square)
City Island
Armley Road
Burley Park (interchange with Northern Rail)
Headingley (Carnegie Stadium)
Headingley (Kirkstall Lane) (interchange with Northern Rail)
Hawksworth Wood (new park-and-ride on the Ring Road)
Horsforth (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Leeds Bradford Airport
Airport – Bradford Section - to incorporate street level running in Bradford City Centre
Leeds Bradford Airport
Airport West Business Park
High Royds (new park-and-ride next to the A65)
Guiseley (interchange with Northern Rail)
Esholt
Baildon (interchange with Northern Rail)
Shipley (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Frizinghall (interchange with Northern Rail)
Valley Parade (for Utilita Energy Stadium)
Forster Square (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Market Street
Norfolk Gardens
Bradford Interchange (interchange with Grand Central and Northern Rail)
Bradford – Leeds Section – to incorporate street level running in Leeds City Centre
Bradford Interchange (interchange with Grand Central and Northern Rail)
Wakefield Road
(Depot to be based at Hammerton Street)
Laisterdyke (for Leeds Odeon)
New Pudsey (interchange with Northern Rail)
Stanningley (for Owlcotes Centre)
Bramley (interchange with Northern Rail)
Armley Heights
Armley Moor
Copley Hill
City Island
Wellington Street (Central Square)
City Square (Terminus)
So that’s direct fixed-rail services from both Leeds and Bradford, with good interchanges at Shipley and Horsforth. This would also make use of the extensive parking available at New Pudsey, with new park-and-ride facilities also proving useful.
It would also make it a damn sight easier to get to both Headingley and Valley Parade on match days and take loads of cars off the road.
And one of the biggest benefits would be that Bradford finally gets it’s railway lines linked up.
The current single track section between Guiseley and Shipley would need to be doubled again and the redundant second platform at Baildon reinstated. As they have done at Rotherham Central, you would need to extend all existing rail platforms where there would be interchanges with new low-height platforms to provide seamless interchanges.
At the end of the day the technology is now proven and working thanks to Supertram, so let’s just get on and do it!!
Leeds – Airport Section - to incorporate street level running in Leeds City Centre
City Square (Terminus)
Park Row (South Parade)
Headrow (Dortmund Square)
Vicar Lane (Victoria Gate)
Boar Lane (Trinity)
New Station Street (Leeds City Station)
Wellington Street (Central Square)
City Island
Armley Road
Burley Park (interchange with Northern Rail)
Headingley (Carnegie Stadium)
Headingley (Kirkstall Lane) (interchange with Northern Rail)
Hawksworth Wood (new park-and-ride on the Ring Road)
Horsforth (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Leeds Bradford Airport
Airport – Bradford Section - to incorporate street level running in Bradford City Centre
Leeds Bradford Airport
Airport West Business Park
High Royds (new park-and-ride next to the A65)
Guiseley (interchange with Northern Rail)
Esholt
Baildon (interchange with Northern Rail)
Shipley (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Frizinghall (interchange with Northern Rail)
Valley Parade (for Utilita Energy Stadium)
Forster Square (interchange with LNER and Northern Rail)
Market Street
Norfolk Gardens
Bradford Interchange (interchange with Grand Central and Northern Rail)
Bradford – Leeds Section – to incorporate street level running in Leeds City Centre
Bradford Interchange (interchange with Grand Central and Northern Rail)
Wakefield Road
(Depot to be based at Hammerton Street)
Laisterdyke (for Leeds Odeon)
New Pudsey (interchange with Northern Rail)
Stanningley (for Owlcotes Centre)
Bramley (interchange with Northern Rail)
Armley Heights
Armley Moor
Copley Hill
City Island
Wellington Street (Central Square)
City Square (Terminus)
So that’s direct fixed-rail services from both Leeds and Bradford, with good interchanges at Shipley and Horsforth. This would also make use of the extensive parking available at New Pudsey, with new park-and-ride facilities also proving useful.
It would also make it a damn sight easier to get to both Headingley and Valley Parade on match days and take loads of cars off the road.
And one of the biggest benefits would be that Bradford finally gets it’s railway lines linked up.
The current single track section between Guiseley and Shipley would need to be doubled again and the redundant second platform at Baildon reinstated. As they have done at Rotherham Central, you would need to extend all existing rail platforms where there would be interchanges with new low-height platforms to provide seamless interchanges.
At the end of the day the technology is now proven and working thanks to Supertram, so let’s just get on and do it!!