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The site of Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station in 2009 Location of railway infrastructure in Wetherby. In March 1963, the Beeching report was published which called for the withdrawal of passenger services on the Leeds-Wetherby-Harrogate and Church Fenton-Wetherby lines and the closure of their stations. [15]
Wetherby railway station was a station serving the town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It was first built on the York and North Midland Railway Company's Harrogate to Church Fenton Line and the station was situated on York Road. The goods shed remains, situated off York Road, and is now a dance venue.
Wetherby railway station can refer to three railway stations in Wetherby, West Yorkshire: Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station - The last operating railway station in the town; Wetherby (York Road) railway station - The first railway station in the town; Wetherby Racecourse railway station - A former station serving Wetherby Racecourse
Wetherby Racecourse railway station was a railway station on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line serving Wetherby Racecourse in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. When Wetherby's original station on York Road closed in 1902, for two decades the only rail access was via Wetherby's new station on Linton Road . [ 2 ]
Wetherby had two railway stations with services to Leeds, Harrogate, and Church Fenton on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line and the Harrogate–Church Fenton line. These services were withdrawn on 6 January 1964, involving closures of both Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station and Wetherby (York Road) railway station (closed to passengers in ...
The 12 miles (19 km) from Cross Gates to Wetherby took four years to construct and it was opened on 1 May 1876. [3] The line was doubled in 1901 and a new south-west curve was built at Wetherby; [4] running from West junction to North junction, forming a wye junction north and west of both the Wetherby stations. [5]
By the 1860s, the Wetherby News campaigned to link Wetherby to Leeds by railway. In 1866, the NER began construction of the Cross Gates to Wetherby line, the link to Leeds. [8] A railway station was built on Linton Road; the older railway station is now The Old Engine Shed dance hall, off York Road.
Following that, a new passenger station serving Wetherby was opened on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line, and the Wetherby station on the Harrogate–Church Fenton line became goods-only. [9] In April 1942, the Thorp Arch circular railway was opened to serve Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory, which produced munitions.