Middleton Railway proud to be part of new museum in Leeds

The Middleton Railway is delighted to have been able to assist the development of Wellington Place by lending two historic railway station signs.

Development company MEPC has restored the historic Old Hoist in Wellington Place, which was part of the old Leeds Central Station.

As part of the transformation into a ‘mini museum’, Middleton Railway have loaned them two original railway signs, which now form a major part of their display.

Middleton Railway chairman Charles Milner said:

“I think it’s a wonderful way to commemorate Leeds Central Station. It’s really nice that Middleton Railway have contributed to this by lending the two station signs and it’s the right place for them. Middleton Railway is proud to be associated with this project.”

The small museum tells the story of Leeds Central station and those who worked there, and the two signs were on a platform and in the hallway to direct people to Leeds City station, the other, and now only surviving, station in the city centre.

The Middleton Railway was built in 1758 and is the first railway to be authorized by an Act of Parliament, the first to have commercially successful steam locomotives in June 1812 and also the first railway to be kept on standard gauge, opened in June 1960. Operated trains. every year since opening in 1758.

Trains run every weekend from its Moor Road station in Hunslet, which is also home to a free museum.

This post is based on a press release issued by Middleton Railway

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