While the 19th century saw Yorkshire’s growth with the increased population and Industrial Revolution in coal, textile and steel, living conditions diminished in the industrial towns due to overcrowding.
With the outbreak of cholera in 1832 and 1848, development was made by the end of the 1800s when modern sewers and water supplies were introduced. As a result, multiple railway networks were established in Yorkshire to reach remote areas.
These photos depict the vast work done to introduce railway transport to the region in the early to mid 20th century.
1. Cleaning and painting at York Station
The annual cleaning and painting of the York station roof in December 1934. Photo: Imagno / Getty Images
2. Ripon Station
An LNER locomotive at Ripon station in 1930. Photo: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
3. Filming Top Town at York Railway Institute
A TV crew on location at York Railway Institute, filming Top Town in 1956. Photo: Borthwick Institute / Heritage Images / Getty Images
4. LNER goods train at Sheffield Station
An ingot mould was about to leave Sheffield on a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) goods train in 1928. Photo: Crouch / Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images