Ealing Broadway

Leeds

Introduction

Leeds Station is a main railway station serving Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. As of 2016, this station is the third busiest station outside the London area. The station is located at the new station street south of the city square, at the back of the park road, behind the landmark Queens Hotel. The station is one of the 19 stations managed by the British National Railways.

Leeds is an important hub in the UK rail network. This station is the terminus of the East Coast main line Leeds branch line, providing high-speed intercity rail service to London. It is also an important stopover between the Scottish, Central and South West England railway lines connecting Birmingham and Glasgow. Major cities such as Edinburgh, Beatby, Nottingham, Redding, Bristol, Axal, Plymouth, Penzance. The station also offers regular intercity rail services to major cities in North England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. In addition, this station is also the terminus of the beautiful Settle-Carlisle Railway. Future stations will be expanded to connect to the No. 2 high-speed railway under construction.

Leeds is a local and regional railway hub in the Yorkshire region, connecting major cities such as York, Scarborough, Houcheng, Doncaster and Sheffield. This station is the center of the West Yorkshire Metro commuter rail system, providing rail services to Baraford, Wakefield, Desbury, Huddersfield and Halifax.

With a passenger volume of approximately 23 million passengers between April 2014 and March 2015, it is the busiest station in North England and the third busiest station outside London, second only to Birmingham New Street and Central Glasgow. .

Platform

Station 1 -6: This part of the station is the terminal and therefore at the same height as the main hall, although stations 3 and 4 are far from the ticket gate. The "C" portion of these platforms is closest to the lobby, but Part A is furthest from the ticket gate.

These five northern trains usually use this part of the station: (1) Round-trip Bradford, including trains from Bradford to Manchester via the Hebden Bridge (2) Wharfedale train to and from Ilkley (3) Express trains to and from Skipton via Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and Saltaire to Saltaire Mills (4) Harrogate Line Train (5) Trains to Carlisle along the spectacular routes of Hellifield and Settle (6) Trains to Lancaster via Hellifield and Carnforth

Stations 7 and 8: The platform 8 is on the right side of the ticket gate line, and the platform 7 next to the main hall is at its far end, so that the trains using these stations are accessible. LNER trains to and from London usually use platform 8.

Platform 9 -17: The main feature of the Leeds station is a huge bridge that connects these platforms to the ticket gate through the main hall.

The hall and each platform are connected to the bridge via escalators and lifts (elevators) and there are stairs.

Long-distance trains using these platforms include: (i) Cross-country trains to multiple destinations including Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Edinburgh, Durham, Newcastle. Sheffield and York (ii) Trans Pennine Express trains can reach multiple destinations including Durham, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Scarborough and York.

Ealing () is a district of West London, England, located 7.9 miles (12.7 km) west of Charing Cross. Located within the London Borough of Ealing, it is one of the borough's seven major towns (alongside Acton, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall). Ealing, covering the W5 and W13 postal code areas is the administrative centre of the borough, is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.Ealing is in the historic county of Middlesex. Until the urban expansion of London in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries Ealing was a rural village within Ealing parish. Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country.As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. It is now a significant commercial and retail centre with a developed night-time economy. Ealing has the characteristics of both leafy suburban and inner-city development, and some areas, such as Pitshanger, retain the atmosphere of a village. Ealing's town centre is often referred to as Ealing Broadway, the name of both a railway interchange and a shopping centre. Most of Ealing, including the commercial district, South Ealing, Ealing Common, Montpelier, Pitshanger and most of Hanger Hill fall under the W5 postcode. Areas to the north-west of the town centre such as Argyle Road and West Ealing fall under W13 instead. A small section north-east of the town centre, near Hanger Hill, falls under the NW10 postcode area. The population of Ealing (not including Hanwell and Northfields), comprising the Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, Cleveland, Walpole and Hanger Hill wards, was 71,492 in the 2011 census.

Leeds is a city in the United Kingdom, located in the county of West Yorkshire in Northern England, approximately 170 miles north of central London. Leeds has one of the most diverse economies of all the UK's main employment centres and has seen the fastest rate of private-sector jobs growth of any UK city. It also has the highest ratio of private to public sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities, with 77% of its workforce working in the private sector. Leeds has the third-largest jobs total by local authority area, with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015. Leeds is ranked as a High Sufficiency level city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. Leeds is served by five universities, and has the fourth largest student population in the country and the country's fourth largest urban economy.Leeds was a small manorial borough in the 13th century, and in the 17th and 18th centuries it became a major centre for the production and trading of wool, and in the Industrial Revolution a major mill town; wool was still the dominant industry, but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were also important. From being a market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century, Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century. It now lies within the West Yorkshire Urban Area, the United Kingdom's fourth-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.6 million.Today, Leeds has become the largest legal and financial centre outside London with the financial and insurance services industry worth £13 billion to the city's economy. The finance and business service sector account for 38% of total output with more than 30 national and international banks located in the city, including an office of the Bank of England. Leeds is also the UK's third-largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city and is worth over £7 billion to the local economy. The largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, food and drink, chemicals and medical technology. Other key sectors include retail, leisure and the visitor economy, construction, and the creative and digital industries. The city saw several firsts, including the oldest-surviving film in existence, Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), and the 1767 invention of soda water.Public transport, rail and road communications networks in the region are focused on Leeds, and the second phase of High Speed 2 will connect it to London via East Midlands Hub and Sheffield Meadowhall. Leeds currently has the third busiest railway station and the tenth busiest airport outside London.