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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. ==History== It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1836, with a second Act in 1839 which authorised the extension from the original Manchester terminus at Oldham Road railway station to join the Liverpool and Manchester Railway when the latter was extended to Hunt's Bank (later called Manchester Victoria). The Act also authorised branches to Oldham and Halifax with a diversion at Kirkthorpe. Superintended by George Stephenson, its engineer was Thomas Longridge Gooch, a brother of Daniel Gooch of the GWR. The 〔(William Templeton - The Locomotive Engine Popularly Explained - Page 96 )〕 line was opened in 1839 as far as Littleborough, and from Normanton to Hebden Bridge in 1840. The final linking section opened on completion of the Summit Tunnel in 1841. The line became the chief constituent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, which was incorporated in 1847. Several railways had earlier been absorbed by the M&LR: * Manchester and Bolton Railway * Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway incorporated 1844 * Liverpool & Bury Railway 1845 * Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway 1845 * West Riding Union Railway * Wakefield, Pontefract & Goole 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manchester and Leeds Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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