Wharfedale line

The line is served predominantly by four-coach Class 333 electric multiple units as well as some three-coach Class 331 EMUs. The line was originally owned by the Midland Railway from Leeds to Burley-in-Wharfedale. At this point the line became joint property, with the North Eastern Railway, and was known as the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway (O&IJt). The two lines from Leeds and Bradford come together at Esholt Junction – the location of an 1892 crash – south of Guiseley. The route from Leeds leaves the main line near Calverley and continues along the Aire valley until climbing a hill to: A new station, Kirkstall Forge, opened in 2016 on the Aire Valley section of the route between Leeds and Guiseley. The station at Kirkstall Forge provides a service on the Wharfedale line outside of peak hours only. Plans also exist to reinstate the O&IJt branch line to Otley from Milner Wood Junction, between Menston and Burley.