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The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area centred on West Yorkshire in northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton. Some services along the line continue to Morecambe or Carlisle. The route covered by the service was historically part of the Midland Railway. According to SELRAP, the Airedale Line is the most heavily utilised passenger route outside of the South East of England. == The route and its history == The first section, between Leeds and Bradford (Forster Square station), was opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway on 1 July 1846. During the Beeching Axe in the 1960s, a number of stations were closed, however the line and its major stations remained open. Some of the closed stations, such as , were re-opened during the 1980s. In 1991 under British Rail, the line was electrified at 25 kV AC Overhead between Leeds and Skipton, and new British Rail Class 333 trains were introduced in the early 2000s. Investment in the line has seen passenger numbers grow,〔 and now overcrowding on trains is a problem. The route is described below. The line originally included a number of stations which are now closed: * Leeds – the station was named ''Leeds (Wellington)'' to differentiate it from the other main line stations in the city, belonging to the North Eastern Railway (NER) * * * * Kirkstall Forge – closed but planned to be reopened in 2015 * * * * Location of ''Apperley Junction'' for the Wharfedale Line * Apperley Bridge & Rawdon – closed but planned to be reopened in 2015 * * Location of ''Thackley Tunnel'' * This is the location of the triangular junction for the branch line serving Shipley and . The main line, which was opened from here to Skipton by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway in 1847, continues: * Saltaire * * Location of ''Bingley tunnel'' * *Crossflatts * Keighley * * Location of the ''Worth Valley Branch junction'' to Oxenhope. The branch is now the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway heritage line. * Steeton & Silsden * * * Skipton. Trains of the Leeds to Morecambe Line and Settle-Carlisle Line also run along the Airedale Line from Leeds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Airedale Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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