 The Act also gave the GNR running powers to Grimsby from Stainforth, over the MS&LR, South Yorkshire Railway, and the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway.The MS&LR got running powers to Leeds Central station over the West Yorkshire Railway (as the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway had become), and the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway.Having secured the direct route it had sought for so long, the GNR immediately diverted its West Riding trains over the new line, reducing the journey time for express trains by twenty minutes.