Alex Coomber
Through the Pennines. Manchester Victoria to Bradford Exchange. 40 Miles. Manchester Victoria, Newton Heath, Castleton, Rochdale, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Low Moor and Bradford Exchange. The earliest of 3 Trans Pennine Railway Lines. The Manchester & Leeds Railway along the Calder Valley brought growth and prosperity to the world leading cotton industry of East Lancashire when it opened and later in the British Railways era also witnessed the final days of steam haulage in the UK.