Leeds Marsh Lane railway station
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Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, England
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, from 22 September 1834 to 1958.
It had served as the terminus for the Leeds and Selby Railway
Leeds and Selby Railway
The Leeds and Selby Railway was an early British railway company and first mainline railway in Yorkshire. It was opened in 1834.The company was absorbed by the York and North Midland Railway and the line remained in use through the subsequent NER, LNER, BR and post-privatisation periods.As of 2010...
services between Leeds and Selby
Selby
Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...
and was the first main line to be built in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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and one of the first main line railways in England. For a number of years it acted as a terminus for railway routes from the east of the city prior to the construction in 1869 of the viaduct which now runs through the city centre.
The station was closed in 1958 in a decade which by 1967 saw the number of stations in Leeds city centre
Leeds City Centre
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reduced to one (Leeds City railway station), following the closure of Leeds Central railway station and Holbeck railway station
Holbeck railway station
Holbeck railway station was a railway station that served the district of Holbeck, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Overview:Holbeck Station was unusual in that it had platforms on two different levels, the Holbeck High Level and the Holbeck Low Level .The low level platforms were closed to the...
. Marsh Lane station was later demolished but as of 2007 its site remains derelict and unused.