Leeds railway station was a temporary station that was built to the west of Leeds railway station in Leeds

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...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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 during the Leeds 1st modernisation.

Whilst the main Leeds railway station was being rebuilt by Railtrack

Railtrack

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002...

 (now Network Rail

Network Rail

Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...

) during 1999 and 2002 there was a need for the station itself to be closed during nights and at Christmas of 2000.
A temporary station was built just off Springwell Road near the junction of Water Lane, in Holbeck

Holbeck

Holbeck is a district in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The district begins on the southern edge of the Leeds city centre and mainly lies in the LS11 Leeds postcode area. The M1 and M621 motorways used to end/begin in Holbeck. Now the M621 is the only motorway that passes through the area since...

, with a bus turning circle

Turning radius

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 and bus stands outside the station. Bus services ran in the early morning to ferry passengers from the industrial estate in which the station was placed to Leeds City station. A passenger welcome board stood at the junction of Water Lane and Springwell Road, informing passengers of this temporary station, the building work at Leeds City railway station

Leeds City railway station

Leeds railway station is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England...

 and other information. The colour scheme of the time was the standard white, grey and crimson colours of Railtrack

Railtrack

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002...

. CCTV signs were placed around the site, warning that footage of people could be used in a court of law.

The site today

When Leeds railway station modernisation was completed, Leeds (Whitehall) station was dismantled. The site, as of Spring 2007, is still there - the passenger notice board is still in place, but the words Leeds (Whitehall) have been painted over and the actual information board holders have been removed. The CCTV warning signs are still in place around the information sign, but a large metal fence has been put up erected, cutting off the bus turning circle and former bus stands. A large red 'Closed' sign (used for stations that have recently been closed) informs any members of the public that the station that once stood here is now closed. However, the yellow 'Bus Stop' markings and other road markings on the bus turning circle are still there.