🚂 Leeds to Manchester: Pubs, Viaducts & Pennine Views!
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🚞🚞 The Huddersfield Line is here Victorian grandeur meets wild Pennine beauty!
🏙️ START: LEEDS STATION
♦️ Depart under the soaring glass roof
♦️ Watch cityscapes fade into Pennine climbs
🚂 15 mins → DEWSBURY
♦️ Platform 1: West Riding Refreshment Rooms
→ 1890s mahogany bar • Coal fires
🚂 15 mins → HUDDERSFIELD
♦️ Platform 1: The Head of Steam
→ Beer garden facing Gothic clock tower
🚂 15 mins → MARSDEN
♦️ Walk 2 mins: Riverhead Brewery Tap
→ Moorland air • Canal-side terrace
🚂 30 mins → STALYBRIDGE
♦️ Platform 4: Station Buffet Bar
→ 1893 time capsule • Steam pies
🌃 END: MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
♦️ Arrive under steel-and-glass vaults
♦️ Step into Northern soul
✅ KEY DETAILS
🎫 Ticket: TfGM Rail Ranger (£12.50)
⏱️ Time: 4-5 hours
🚂 Trains: Every 30 mins (last ~22:00)
🗺️ ROUTE
LEEDS → Dewsbury → Huddersfield → Marsden → Stalybridge → MANCHESTER
⏰ BEST TIME: Weekday mornings or autumn
From Leeds' glass arches to Manchester's iron heartbeat—rails stitch valleys, history, and pints into one perfect journey.