How long is the Copley Hill Chord?

[-Colly405-]

Have tried to find the answer in Quail, Sectional Appendix, Railmiles...

Anyone know?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Looking at TRACKmaps, I'd say ~ 17 chains, being the distance between Copley Hill West Junction and Copley Hill East Junction.

 

[jfollows]

West of Leeds.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Farnley or Holbeck viaduct was built by the LNWR in 1882 and became part of the Leeds New line from 1900.
It's 1.1 miles long (1.7km) and has 92 arches.

Holbeck Viaduct Project - Wikipedia

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The Holbeck Viaduct (also known as the Farnley Viaduct) spans 92 archways and 1.1 miles (1.7 km). It runs from Leeds railway station, via Holbeck Urban Village and Old Holbeck, passes near Elland Road Stadium and ends onto wasteland in Wortley.[3]

The viaduct was built in 1882 for the London and North Western Railway during the Industrial Revolution. It has been described as a feat of Victorian engineering, and provided a vital transport link into the booming city centre, which by the turn of the 20th century had developed into an important centre for the production of woollen cloth (See History of Leeds). The viaduct largely fell out of use in the 1960s following Leeds City Station modernisation, and the last scheduled train to pass over the viaduct did so on 11 October 1987.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Farnley or Holbeck viaduct was built by the LNWR in 1882 and became part of the Leeds New line from 1900.
It's 1.1 miles long (1.7km) and has 92 arches.

Is that, however, the answer to a different question, though?

 

[Ian Umpleby]

Is that, however, the answer to a different question, though?

The Railway Performance Society Distance Charts also has 17 chains as the distance.

 

[-Colly405-]

So does that mean that the distance from Leeds to Copley Hill West In is the same regardless of which of the two routes is taken?

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

So does that mean that the distance from Leeds to Copley Hill West In is the same regardless of which of the two routes is taken?

Yes because the two routes are alongside each other, the only variable is the gradient which is steeper on the chord