The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting Manchester with Leeds via the North Midland Railway which it joined at Normanton.
Its route now forms the backbone of the present-day Caldervale Line.
Read more about Manchester And Leeds Railway: History, Route, Locomotives
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