Tram-Trains Recommended For Leeds-Bradford Airport Link
This report on Global Rail News is entitled Tram-train preferred for Leeds Bradford Airport link, which probably says most of it.
This Google Map shows the cities of Bradford and Leeds and the airport to the North.
Bradford, Leeds and Leeds-Bradford Airport
And this map shows the airport and the surrounding area from Guiseley in the North West to Horsforth in the South East.
Leeds Bradford Airport
Both towns have stations.
- Horsforth station is on the Harrogate Line.
- Guiseley station is on the Wharfedale Line
If you need to travel between the two towns by rail, you need to change trains at Leeds.
The consultants report recommends that to link Leeds to the airport a tram-train link be built from Horsforth.
This Google Map shows the countryside between Horsforth station and the southern end of Leeds-Bradord Airport.
Horsforth To Leeds-Bradford Airport
Horsforth station is in the South East corner of the map.
It would seem to not be the biggest engineering project to construct the airport link.
Although, it should be born in mind, that the area around and between Leeds and Bradford is not by any means flat and pilots of light aircraft are usually cautious on the approach to the airport, because the terrain causes all sorts of winds and updraughts.
This Google map shows the country between Guiseley and the northern end of Leeds-Bradford Airport.
Guiseley To Leeds-Bradford Airport
Guiseley station is in the North West corner of this map.
It would probably not be as easy to built a link from Guiseley to the airport, that could handle tram-trains, as to build one from Horsforth.
Years ago, the Otley and Ilkey Joint Railway planned to create a railway from Guiseley to Horsforth via Yeadon, but it was never built and the Yeadon Branch was closed to all traffic in 1964.
It would be ironic, if tram-trains were to reconnect Guiseley and Horsforth via Leeds-Bradford Airport, along the route of the Yeadon Branch.
If a route from the airport to Guiseley could be built for tram-trains, then they could carry on to Bradford Forster Square station, thus giving Bradford direct access to the airport.
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