Airedale line

Airedale line
Class 333 at Crossflatts in 2006
Overview
Status	Open
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	West Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	Leeds Bradford Forster Square Skipton (some services continue to Carlisle or Lancaster)
Stations	11
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	London North Eastern Railway, Northern
Rolling stock	British Rail Class 333 (majority of services)
History
Opened	1846
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead catenary
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Legend
Selby Line Leeds Leeds New Approach Hallam line & Pontefract line Leeds Central Holbeck Huddersfield line Calder Valley line   Harrogate line Armley Canal Road Kirkstall Kirkstall Forge Newlay and Horsforth Calverley and Rodley Apperley Bridge Wharfedale line Apperley Viaducts Thackley Tunnel Wharfedale line via Baildon Shipley & Windhill GNR Bradford Forster Square Manningham Frizinghall Shipley Saltaire Bingley Crossflatts Thwaites Queensbury lines Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Keighley Steeton and Silsden Kildwick and Crosshills Cononley Skipton to Ilkley Line Yorkshire Dales Railway Skipton Skipton to Colne line Leeds to Morecambe line

The Airedale line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area centred on West Yorkshire in northern England. The service is operated by Northern, 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 used passenger route outside the South East of England.^[1]