These photos turn back the clock to an age of travel from the mid-1950s and hurtle down the decades right through to the early 1990s. They feature some notable landmarks of life on the railways including the introduction of pay train stations in the late 1960s, the strikes of the mid-1970s which brought disruption for passengers as well as the opening of new stations across the city in the early 1980s. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, also feature station staff who you may remember as well as celebrity visits to the city. READ MORE: 12 lost Leeds railway stations LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Leeds trains and city railway stations
A porter's barrow stands empty on one of the deserted platforms at Leeds Station in March 1976. A limited service of local trains are operating owing to the rail strike. This platform is normally busy with long distance trains.
8. Leeds trains and city railway stations
Pictured is Ron Hoffman in the cab of his diesel electric loco in October 1977.
9. Leeds trains and city railway stations
The Old Railway Station House at the level crossing at Methley in June 1980.
10. Leeds trains and city railway stations
September 1983 and County Councillor Bill Sykes (centre), chairman of West Yorkshire County Council, has his ticket punched at the newly-opened Bramley Station by Paul Watkinson (right) Yorkshire division manager.
11. Leeds trains and city railway stations
Actor Anthony Perkins - best remembered for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho - arrives at Leeds Station in November 1983.
12. Leeds trains and city railway stations
A Class 40 diesel approaches Woodlesford Station in September 1971.