A dense high-speed metro · open, non-commercial concept work
Manchester to Leeds along the canal corridor.
The Wuthering Wall Line is a dense high-speed metro following the former canal corridor between Manchester and Leeds. A double-stacked metro box below, a continuous Green Spine above: the old industrial alignment becomes the backbone of a new station-city region.
Corridor
60.6mi
97.5 km, bank to bank
Stations
14
All-stop, access-led
End to end
65min
Route model, not a timetable
The section
Metro below, Green Spine above
Double-stacked box under a continuous park
Simplified diagram — see The Line for the route drawn to chainage.
01 — The vision
Drain the canal. Bury the line. Cap it with a park.
The corridor that built the first industrial age becomes the home of the people who build the next.
01
Drain the canal.
02
Bury the line.
03
Cap it with a park.
04
Run it as a dense high-speed metro.
05
Seed station cities at strategic Calder Valley anchors.
06
Join Manchester and Leeds into one continuous urban region.
02 — Explore
Seven destinations, one line.
01
The Line
Fourteen stations, drawn to chainage. The transport heart.
02
Mytholmroyd — the third city
Three cities, one corridor. The flagship claim.
03
The Linear Park
A 60.6-mile Green Spine on the lid of the metro box.
04
The Clusters
Themed station cities along the corridor, from source data.
05
The Storybook
Duck Builds Tomorrow — a calm 32-page reader.
06
Meet the Mascots
Waddle, Spirot, Wally, Warren, Whiskers and Widget.
03 — The public promise
From mills to metros.
More homes. Better journeys. Jobs, green space, care, local benefit, skills, public governance, community voice.