Old Leeds Stations

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Wed 18 Nov, 2009 2:12 am

dogduke wrote: Talking of shunters.Anyone remember 'Soft C@$k at Leeds ? Certainly do dogduke - Bob, see him from time to time wandering round town when I pass through.So, that leads me to ask - who are you then and do you remember me at all ??

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 12:55 am

BIG N wrote: dogduke wrote: Talking of shunters.Anyone remember 'Soft C@$k at Leeds ? Certainly do dogduke - Bob, see him from time to time wandering round town when I pass through.So, that leads me to ask - who are you then and do you remember me at all ?? Might know each other by sight,used to use the club on and off.Not enough on either profile to I.D.each other.Worked in Leeds Area Managers briefly about 1982/3Bob O was area manager(never got on with him)Albert S was ops manager.Used to work on the station workings in the ops section.Mainly worked in the control offices in Aire Street and York 84-99so was very much out of the public eye apart from 4 years as stnsupervisor at Bradford Interchange.Worked in Leeds Power Signal box for about 9months before it closed and then went back to York and worked in the extendedsignalling centre(IECC)until 3 years ago.44 years in total - wish I had a camera with me then!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 1:01 am

Old Freddy Fieldhouse anyone??Holbeck driver!!

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sat 05 Dec, 2009 1:45 pm

I have this recollection from childhood (aged 5 about 1953)of catching a train with my grandfather near the Eastgate bus station to travel home to Harehills. This was an exciting treat as we would have normally gone home by tram.After a bit of research I realise that this journey was feasible. Leeds first station on the Leeds Selby Railway, at Marsh Lane, didn't close until 1958. Also there was a commuter station built at Osmondthorpe in 1930 which was closed in 1960. I remember the platform was unusual in that it was narrow and built of wood. The photo of Osmondthorpe station seems to confirm this recollection seehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/3758506463/sizes/o/ .The early history of the Leeds Selby Railway and drawings of Marsh Lane station when it was the main terminus are given in http://www.lner.info/co/NER/selby/selby.shtmlI have not been as succesful in finding information or photos of Marsh lane station in the 1950s. Does anyone else recall using it as a local commuter route pre 1958?Can anyone pinpoint exactly where the station was and what it looked like in the fifties? Did it have wooden platforms like those at Osmondthorpe?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sat 05 Dec, 2009 3:54 pm

The stone work/platform of East Field Street must be all that remains of the station complex.

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 11:47 am

Cardiarms wrote: The stone work/platform of East Field Street must be all that remains of the station complex. Thanks Cardi, next time I am in Leeds with a bit of time on my hands, I must take a look (and to keep an eye on my statue!) -BP

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 12:16 pm

Part of one of the platforms of Marsh lane station still exist up on the viaduct to this day. It's very overgrown, but still there.

Bert · Post by **Bert** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 1:06 pm

I always thought of Leeds Central Station on Wellington Street as the main Leeds station in the sense that it was from there that you caught the train to London. I used to regard Leeds City as more of a local/regional station, and thought it sad that it was Central that disappeared when the two merged. It was from Leeds Central that I finally left Leeds to start work in London in 1962. Had some memorable return visit trips to and from Leeds Central for years after that, including one in which I shared a London-bound carriage with the Leeds United team - Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter, Billy Bremner and all the other greats, plus Don Revie and his management team, all sitting playing cards together on the way down to do battle with Chelsea. How times have changed!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 1:23 pm

Bert wrote: I always thought of Leeds Central Station on Wellington Street as the main Leeds station in the sense that it was from there that you caught the train to London. I used to regard Leeds City as more of a local/regional station, and thought it sad that it was Central that disappeared when the two merged. It was from Leeds Central that I finally left Leeds to start work in London in 1962. Had some memorable return visit trips to and from Leeds Central for years after that, including one in which I shared a London-bound carriage with the Leeds United team - Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter, Billy Bremner and all the other greats, plus Don Revie and his management team, all sitting playing cards together on the way down to do battle with Chelsea. How times have changed! But you could travel to London, Edinburgh (by two routes) Glasgow, Brimingham and the South West from Leeds City. You could also travel to Manchester,Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle from there. Leeds Central trains went to London and stations between, the Queen of Scots Pulman went to Edinburgh via Harrogate, and Ripon. The Lancashire and Yorkshire route to Manchester via Bradford also terminated at Leeds Central.