Kirkstall Forge: Live as trains cancelled at Leeds train station after rain floods railway tracks

Northern have said that following heavy rain overnight, services will run between Shipley and Bradford Forster Square only, with buses replacing services from Leeds to Shipley.

Buses are replacing rail services between Leeds and Shipley in both directions.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in place until 9pm tonight.

According to National Rail, the disruption between Leeds and Harrogate / Shipley / Ilkley is expected until 3pm this afternoon.

The disruption is affecting LNER services between London Kings Cross and Harrogate / Bradford Forster Square / Skipton and Northern between Leeds and Skipton / Ilkley / Bradford Forster Square.

National Rail writes: LNER services will be revised to terminate / start back from Leeds. As a result, the following stations will not be served by LNER, until further notice:

Rail replacement transport is in operation between these stations to / from Leeds.

The following Northern alterations are in place:

Customers may use their tickets at no additional cost on the following:

The following rail replacement transport has been provided. This will be provided by J&B Travel and Fourways.

Between Leeds and Harrogate

Between Leeds and Shipley

Journey times may be extended by up to 60 minutes whilst travelling by rail replacement transport.

Yorkshire Evening Post reporter James Connolly is at Kirkstall Forge Station, which was eerily quiet this morning with most trains either cancelled or replaced with a bus service.

There were a few people at the station, most passing through on morning walks.

Karena Moore-Millar, 48, was among the unhappy customers this morning, as she piled onto a busy rail replacement bus with the partner and kids in tow.

They were due to get the train to London as part of a surprise Christmas, but the flooding disrupted their travel plans.

Instead, they've had to drive to Kirkstall Forge Station, from where they have now boarded a bus to Leeds Station.

They had their fingers crossed they'd make it in time for the London Train.

"We've literally just been dropped in it", she said. "We've had to drop all of our plans and get the car here because this is the closest station.

"We're hoping to catch the train from Leeds no. Otherwise it's ruined this surprise Christmas present."

It remains unclear exactly where along the line the flood water has caused problems.

Sara Forrest, 67, was on one of her regular walks this morning along the river from Pollard Lane up to Kirkstall Forge.

She said: "Where the weir is, near the salmon run, I've not seen the water so high in a long time."

Train tracks near the Kirkstall Bridge Inn pub, in Bridge Road, still appear waterlogged as trains continue to be cancelled.

The River Aire is close to bursting its banks at the train leading to Kirkstall Abbey.

The water is as close to the river bank as it is possible to get without flooding the beer garden at the Kirkstall Bridge Inn, which recently invested in significant flood defences.

Teams from Network Rail are at the scene as they try to resolve the situation, with tracks visibly waterlogged.