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Calder Valley line
A Northern Class 158 Express Sprinter at Hebden Bridge in 2017
Overview
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleWest Yorkshire
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
North West England
Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini
  • Leeds
  • Manchester Victoria
    Blackpool North
Service
Operator(s)Northern
Grand Central
Technical
Number of tracks2
CharacterHeavy Rail
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

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Railway lines in Leeds in 1913
Railway lines around Manchester in 1910
Eastbound local train between Mirfield and Thornhill in 1953
Calder Valley main line near Mirfield in 1964
Two eastbound empties trains west of Mirfield in 1950

The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester (the other being the Huddersfield line), and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes.

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the Upper Calder Valley, 8 miles (13 km) west of Halifax and 14 miles (21 km) north-east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and the Hebden...

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