The Lost LEEDS MARSH LANE Station | First Station In Leeds!

[@IRIICIK.]

This channel is brilliant. It really don't get the recognition it deserves. Looking and moving forward is great. But looking back can be absolutely fascinating.

[@AdventureMe]

Much appreciated!

[@nigelbarker4135]

Couldn’t agree more with 👍🫡👏👏👏

[@adam11111]

Cracking fade shots as usual 👌

[@matthewlewis809]

Just read a book called the Aberford railways and the garfoth collieries which details a lot about the Selby line and marsh lane goods yard and why the Richmond hill tunnel ended up like it did 😊

[@johnland7318]

You will have to walk along Ash Lane in Garforth which continues along the route of the Fly Line to Aberford!! The pub, The Fly Line, on the old colliery site is a travesty with an Artist's Impression of Flying Scotsman!!!! Nothing like the locomotive on the Aberford Railway.

[@matthewlewis809]

@@johnland7318 I just wish that one of the KZbin explorers would do a video on the fly line. There’s loads of remains on there and if you know where to look you can find remains of the old Elizabeth pit pumping station and the cottage that was there. Plus many more finds. 😊

[@johnland7318]

@@matthewlewis809 There are!! Come on @AdventureMe!!!!

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Great find Darren. Loved the train crash story and amazing to see the change of bricks in the wall.

[@tonybrigg7737]

Brilliant as always Darren, keep 'e coming

[@jjskn93]

09:50 the pointing on the brickwork is different from its surroundings. Bricks look newer too. Most likely was an entrance to something at some point. Thanks for doing the vid. Fascinating station. Shame about the fire. Always seems to be a fire...

[@hollimurray8856]

Another brilliant video I love the lost stations ones it just shows you how much industry was in Leeds.

[@mrsgenehunt48]

I get that engrossed and marvel at what you discover that the video goes by in no time! Nobody does the fades from new to old and back again like you do. Thank you Darren

[@papalegba6796]

Didn't know about any of this. Fascinating, good work.

[@davewright4380]

Fascinating Darren, I used to work at The Leeds Kremlin and travelled through the old site every day, there were always rumours a new station was to be built!

[@davepo38]

Fantastic, railways hopefully more

[@WmDavidHarrison]

Thanks Darren. That were grand. Been through the site of Marsh Lane area by train many times.

[@tonygartshore]

Looking forward to next video. Always a pleasure to watch.

[@tugger10doran15]

Thanks Darren I grew up round Richmond Hill all good memories 👍

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the tour into the past today! Always a heartwarming video to watch. And thanks to Don Coffey for his credits. See you on the next video on this series next Sunday. Cheers Darren.😊

[@mickeytheviewmoo]

We used to work aggregate trains into the sidings from the Rylestone Quarry not so long ago. Sidings were used by Tilcon (TARMAC)

[@murmansk69]

I love the way you merge the old photos with the current day scene - really helps to visualise how it would have been

[@donlow7036]

Your adventure's get better and better with each new video, keep up the great work. 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you very much!

[@zoltar666pz]

A great video Darren back in the day when I lived in Saxton Gardens I use to love walking round here

[@darrelhendrie]

Another great video. Those sidings that remain served the Tilcon stone depot. I used to work trains carrying limestone from Rylston quarry near Skipton into those sidings.

[@brianmcgrath9329]

Fantastic video . I lived in Quarry Hill Flats on the top floor of Jackson House right opposite Marsh Lane Goods station so we could see right into the station over the high wall. I remember my mother saying look at this when the engine came through that wall it caused chaos at the time. On that old photo you can just see the flats on the left and one may well have been ours. I also used to play on that long bridge over the station and somewhere there is a photo of me on that bridge. They brought cattle into that station as it was near to the cattle market next to the bus station. My Father worked there and I used to help him heard the cattle and sheep to the Slaughter House on the main road as it was so close only a couple of hundred yards away. This video certainly brought back memories, thank you.

[@michelefoxton1586]

Thank you for sharing this, we do love watching the vlogs on old railways x

[@a11csc]

i knew a little of this darren but thanks for the indepth

[@mariuszszymczak3644]

Omg! Finally you are back in town! Thank you I love it!

[@AdventureMe]

Yay! Thank you!

[@fhwolthuis]

Great stuff, Darren 👌🏼❤️

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you 🙌

[@MrChrisBarker]

That was great. Fantastic video. Do Pontefract chord.. 🤞

[@kevinparkin5438]

Hi Darren glad to see you do marsh lane station I walk past it almost everyday I’ve also heard that there going to re-open the station sometime in the future but when who knows wish I’d have bumped into you to say hello see you next week

[@core-element]

Hi Darren, I know that long footbridge was still there 1980, I remember going over it. I remember getting into the mostly abandoned goods yard and there was still large wooden bunkers with coal stored in them.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Terry

[@johngrves3156]

Just Brilliant!!!! My Grandfather worked on Railway and wud have drove many of times around here, he told me about the engine through the wall , and i pointed it out to my son cuple of years ago as i lived down Burmantofts

[@howardgibson]

Don Coffeys videos are an invaluable source

[@JANGLEPOP1]

Fascinating and beautifully produced video, as ever. Thank You for your great work.

[@baxtermarrison5361]

As a child I recall the site being still being used as a goods depot, well for aggregates specifically, although my father did filled me in on the station's history. Is there anything left of the line from Cross Gates up to Wetherby? 🤔 Perhaps if you are looking to cover the history of the Leeds/Selby/York line to the east of Leeds... 😊

[@lynnballington8467]

Hello Darren how are you very good vidio of the train station in Leeds which a long time we went through much love to you and your dog Barney take care stay safe xx

[@christelbraune4530]

Wieder ein wunderschönes Erinnerungsvideo. Ist ja furchtbar mit dem Zugunglück. Hoffentlich gab es keinen menschlichen Schaden. Schön dass ich dich begleiten durfte. Thank you Darren 👍🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@michaelrender1584]

Good work Darren 👏 looking forward to seeing the next one 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@jetsons101]

What a way to start the day, a great watch from AdventureMe. Darren, your photo fades are top notch as always. So many red bricks everywhere.

[@garyh1572]

I love the "then and now" overlays .

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Really interesting video, on what was once, presumably, a hive of railway activity. The atmospheric old photo's certainly give that impression. You mention a possible 'reopening'. I suppose that will depend on other developments in the vicinity, and transporrt alternatives?

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it depends on some large residential structures.

[@martindavis7456]

Finally getting back to the decent videos of the old railway in Leeds. can’t wait for the next ones. Not been on this channel for ages was getting an bit boring. Thanks for the new video

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Martin. Just to point out when people go mad at me for doing other videos than just Railways. Other than the really big stations, they aren't as popular unfortunately, no matter what I do! The other history content gains many many more views and interest, and as I stated from the very early days, I am not a railway channel. The clue is in the channel name! This doesn't mean I will give up trying, and I still have a load of stations to do. On a side note, I am currently working on something very big to do with railways that will start later in spring. It's taken a while for me to get the permissions. But it will be mega for the channel and many future videos.

[@douglasthompson296]

Hi Darren, I'm not familiar with Leeds these days but flamin heck that part of leeds looked like a desolate place 😱 On the old maps it clearly showed the Quarry Hill flats, have they all been demolished or some spruced up into a gentrification buy to let development now? I forget the name of the TV show but Diana Dors starred as a matriarch of a dysfunctional family in QH flats. Anyways, a great reveal today. Cheers DougT

[@davidwatson4728]

It was called Queenie's Castle

[@douglasthompson296]

@@davidwatson4728 ta David, that sounds correct, probably a YTV production, Cheers DougT

[@AdventureMe]

Queenie's Castle it was called. No they were all flattened many moons ago. All modern junk these days and the BBC building.

[@douglasthompson296]

@@AdventureMe ta Darren

[@andrew30m]

The planning application is for apartments much like across the road near the playhouse

[@simonbradshaw3708]

Thank you for another really interesting and enjoyable video, it must take you a long time to put these together, finding historic pictures of the site. I look forward to your next instalment.

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks!

[@waynepaxford7263]

Another amazing video as always I do love these old lost trains station video

[@bobsrailrelics]

Be good to see if they do manage to dig anything else up on that site.

[@ruthbrierley1798]

Great video Darren!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks!

[@danielross7221]

Really interesting Darren. Would be good if you could do a video on the old road network in that area as it’s changed so much in the last 30 years or so

[@grahamstretch6863]

Fascinating, and boy that signalman was on the ball, possibly saved a lot of lives!

[@Dan23_7]

Very interesting Darren 👍🏼 Trains aren’t my thing but the history of the buildings really interest’s me. I’m looking forward to the tunnel video. Thanks again, very informative as always 👌🏼 I just realised what I thought is a mountain is A M haha

[@AdventureMe]

Haha. You only just noticed lol. It's a mountain in AM lol

[@paulrobinson8263]

Awesome, never knew that and thanks for great content as always 👍👍

[@dieseljeanslad]

Love these fantastic interesting videos. The morphing of the now and then pictures make everything come to life turning the clock back.

[@ktangard]

Selfishly, I'd love if you'd do something like this about Sheffield's lost stations

[@stevejones9740]

Happy to see you back on my home turf Darren. Once again your 'before and after' photo transitions are absolutely superb. Thank you.

[@deedoor30]

That were a nice cheeky clip at the end. )

[@Dave1976.]

Excellent short vlog Darren so much history and artefacts. Leeds has a lot to cover. Could spend a full yr on Leeds. Have enjoyed the Leeds line you did last year or in 2021. You deserve every credit for your time and history, spent in the hours it takes to edit and put together.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kennethstill5945]

If there hadn’t been opposition and delays to the Selby - Leeds Railway it would have beat the Liverpool - Manchester purely as passenger carrying in 1830, the original intention was to build a canal. When it was built another feature was to have four tracks all the way to Selby but there are only two after Crossgates (about four miles east of Leeds), but many bridges were constructed for four tracks well beyond that distance, forward thinking then! Another great video Darren.

[@buttonworld77]

The research you're doing is first class, thoroughly enjoy watching every piece you produce. Keep it up :)

[@davidnm21]

Fascinating as ever Darren and as I stated previously your now & then shots are second to none “off the charts” superb. Keep up the good work!

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks David.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Brilliant tour around Marsh Lane, wouldn't mind visiting the area one day to have a look around myself

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

You bugger! Even with almost everything in sight erased from the pages of history 01:40 or, if still around, realigned and despite the b&w photo somehow skewing things as well.., you _still_ managed to keep to your famed fades pin point accuracy. Took me long time to find something but the bridge abutment and section joints are bloody bang on. Bravo.

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah sometimes they get harder with the environment. But I try my best to match.

[@PeterRitchie-b7w]

In the 1950s my school St Charles ran an excursion to Filey and they opened Marsh lane station for us we entered by steps from Marsh lane I. also remember the train that crashed through the wall

[@fatlad5090]

buzzing

[@driving_all_over]

Nice one Darren, great video as always

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@roberte5303]

That was excellent.. I've lived near Leeds all my life and never ventured into that area of the city. Really enjoyed it

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@simonmcowan6874]

You have the best transition shots on u tube, absolutely marvelous.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@caleblindley7142]

Great video and good to see you back on track doing old railway's in West Yorkshire again.

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

Nothing better than catching up with one of your latest videos. And guess what I'm not disappointed! Thank you for all the hard work you have done on it. Your a Legend Darren. 👌

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Lindsey.

[@showmanpete2805]

yet another fantastic vid, i love the old railway stuff you do

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you very much!

[@shirleylynch7529]

What a great explore. So informative. Interesting about the train crash. Great footage as always. So entertaining Darren. Thank you. Look forward to your next one.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Very enjoyable to watch well done!! You picked out the detail on that runaway train crash perfectly. It reminded me of a photo that I saw last time I was back in the UK with my parents, it was of a crash at the Todmorden Viaduct in 1942, it shows the engine being craned back up to the line. Amazing the changes over the years in the centre of a city like Leeds Good luck from Spain!!

[@tooexplore]

Great video Darren. I really enjoy all the old railway videos, I think they are your best work.

[@AdventureMe]

I enjoy them too, and I will keep doing them when I can. But nobody watches them anymore. They prefer the bigger stuff lol

[@petrissmalga1993]

Love series about Leeds. 😊

[@Andrewjg_89]

So it was actually the first ever railway station in Leeds. Before Leeds City station came which is where it still exists. Maybe more new railway stations could be built in Leeds or if Leeds were to have trams just like Birmingham, Manchester, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Croydon and Sheffield. And to have tram stops in Leeds. Very good documentary.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Andrew. Yes the first in Leeds before all the others. It was the first passenger railway in Yorkshire.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Interesting. 👍

[@dianeshepherd7913]

Thanks for all the info, and how you point out where things were etc

[@MyCharlie2000]

A great video Darren, must take you some time to research, the fades are fantastic, keep up the good work, I wait in anticipation for your next instalment.

[@fredbloggs8816]

Great stuff Darren, thanks.

[@GrahamReid-zo3fi]

I worked opposite the site in the early seventies there was a cement tower there then owned by blue circle and there was still a rail line transporting the raw material to it

[@paulprescott7913]

Absolute cracking vid Darren.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Paul

[@IC225]

i wasnt surprised when you said a train smashed through the wall from neville hill depot....seems to be a regular issue over years. one back in 2002 nearly involved the train i was travelling on (ex 0640 dundee - penzance), where i saw three mk2's that had slammed though buffer stops just between the pontefract lane & park parade bridges. i was told off a staff member that if the signaller wasnt as fast, we would have hit either the mk2's or the TPX 158 that had halted at the site

[@braggelbak]

vertaal dit maar of gewoon niet....zo zonde! kippenvel!

[@andyvander543]

Another great video. I’ve always wondered if a line went from that site towards Regent street? Never knew it was the 1st Leeds Stn site.

[@raymondlee4767]

Very interesting video Darren Nice one.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@michaelpaul457]

Another great video, thank you

[@xaiano794]

The tunnel at richmond hill, and it is still a tunnel despite it being 5 tracks wide, used to be 2 tracks originally and it was opened up because trains had to stop at the signal before the station when travelling into marsh lane, and that meant all the passengers being sat in the dark and smoke of the tunnel, not ideal if you want to promote your railway to the public. I think it was opened in the 1860's, one of the largest civil engineering projects of the day.

[@kylereed9309]

Love the lost stations videos especially Leeds and the surrounding area as I have lived here all my life. I have seen your videos on central, Beeston and hunslet. Will you be doing Wellington Station as well?

[@AdventureMe]

I've done that twice already. See my latest Leeds station series.

[@kylereed9309]

@@AdventureMe I have seen them haha I binged the whole series a few days ago

[@zaczac9580]

Amazing Darren ! - i commute through here and knew a bit about the station , luckily when I'm passing the train is no faster than 2 miles per hour or often stationary (ha ha) so I get to have a good look and try to understand the mish mash beautiful mixture of what's left . this has blown my mind ! anyone know why theres a wooden beam chained across the rails like a black and white movie damsel in distress on the old siding under marsh lane end of richmond tunnel ?

[@jlh280775]

These videos are excellent

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you like them!

[@anthonyellis987]

Another interesting video. I can see why the station was closed.

[@malthomas987]

excellent site for an integrated public transport hub

[@goldieandblackie]

Glad your back in Yorkshire as much as I liked the Blackpool tour.

[@peterfawcett9969]

The was a station at Cooper Bridge nr Mirfield. Not much left. You can see the entry point under the railway bridge still in use. Worth investigating? I love your programmes.

[@AdventureMe]

I used to drive past that everyday

[@MichaelBeeny]

It's so sad to see everything covered in scribble. So many people with nothing better to do than deface the area they live in.

[@julieaylward7033]

I can remember my dad telling me that sheep would arrive into the Marsh Lane goods yard by train before being herded along the road to the corporation abbatoir next to the market, currently where the NCP multi-storey car park is. From time to time, some poor sheep would get their hoof stuck in the tram tracks so the abbatoir would send a couple of men up with a cart, dispatch the poor beast in the middle of the road, clear the track and then take the sheep back on the cart....

[@fatlad5090]

it did look like they was doing work on there

[@simonzonenblick395]

Fantastic video. Can you tell me if the maps are contemporaneous with what is being said as they appear? For instance, when you're describing the new station in the 1860's we see a bridge clearly extending from Shannon St over the railway to the land beside. You show and describe the old footbridge, which I remember as a child from when we visited my grandma at the nearby flats, and whose period of origin I've been trying to pin down. I have always wondered whether this bridge with its iron sides was the same as the one in the maps, or if it was later rebuilt in the same place to replace an earlier 19th century structure.

[@AdventureMe]

The maps have vague dates on. So it's hard to be precise.

[@geoffreystevens663]

Looks like there are vast areas of wasteland in Leeds ready for towers, student accomodation etc but wouldn't it be nice if they manage to create some public space with trees, ponds, etc

[@AdventureMe]

To be fair they are doing a lot of that currently. A lot are coming. One coming on the channel this week.

[@bd4_l]

Oh.... Wow.

[@rogerwilkinson2192]

As the station platforms were on each side of the tracks there wouldn’t be a need for a central entrance between the tracks unless there was an island platform.

[@AdventureMe]

That's a good point

[@matthewcoggins7288]

Lady anne crossing is getting developed at the minute. They have cut lots of vegetation back

[@PStaveley]

You implied that you cannot hover a drone above a railway line. Obviously as a registered drone pilot you must fly safely but, assuming it is a sub-250g drone, there are no laws preventing you from flying over a railway line. Network Rail have in the past tried to imply that there are restrictions but they have now admitted that there is no basis in Law for their prohibition. I suggest that you check the most recent CAA guidance on the subject. Obviously if there is a prohibition on drone assist (such as close to an airport or prison) then that must be followed but there are not normally any CAA prohibitions over railway lines.

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I know I would be allowed to do so, and they were on strike that day so no trains. But the electrical wire was right where I needed to be and the wind was horrendous anyway. I just deemed it not safe. P.S, I didn't wanna pee them off as I'm trying to gain access to some stuff too lol

[@PStaveley]

@@AdventureMe Yes, you must fly safely. I just wanted to check that you knew the current rules. Well done.