2022

SE2933 : Ready for Wigan

taken 4 years ago, near to Leeds, England

Ready for Wigan
Ready for Wigan
Train standing in platform 13 is a Northern service to Wigan North Western, in the form of DMU 195119.
Leeds Station

Leeds railway station is the second busiest railway station in England outside of London. It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.
Leeds is an important hub on the British rail network. The station is the terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line which provides high speed inter-city services to London and is an important stop on the CrossCountry network between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Nottingham, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle line.
Leeds is a major hub for local and regional destinations across Yorkshire such as to York, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. The station lies at the heart of the Metro commuter network for West Yorkshire providing services to Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax.
With 25 million passenger entries and exits between April 2011 and March 2012, Leeds is the busiest railway station in the North of England and the third-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London, after Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central.


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Railways Railway Station: Leeds Train Operator: Northern Primary Subject: Railway Train other tags: Class 195 Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SE2933, 3356 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 6 October, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 23 October, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2985 3317 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:47.6394N 1:32.9008W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2986 3318
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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