The Cross Gates–Wetherby line is a former railway line in West Yorkshire, England, between Cross Gates, near Leeds, and Wetherby. The line opened 1876...
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of the Beeching Axe in 1964: Wetherby (Linton Road) on the North Eastern Railway's Cross Gates to Wetherby Line Wetherby (York Road) on the York and North...
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1964, passenger services existed between Cross Gates and Wetherby railway station. The Cross Gates to Wetherby line was closed under the Beeching cuts, with...
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Cross Gates (often spelled Crossgates) is a suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The area sits between Seacroft and Swarcliffe to the north...
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south-to-west curve was built at Wetherby to enable trains from Harrogate to Wetherby to use the Cross Gates–Wetherby line without reversing. Following that...
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Wetherby railway station was built on the North Eastern Railway's Cross Gates to Wetherby Line on Linton Road. It replaced an earlier station on York Road...
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railway station was a railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line at the eastern edge of Cross Gates in West Yorkshire. The station opened on 5 June...
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the junction for the line to York (the only remaining section open) Wetherby, the junction with the Cross Gates–Wetherby line; Church Fenton, terminus...
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Railway, the southern forerunner to the cross-country route. From Birmingham to the north-northeast, the line had three separately owned sections, namely...
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the building of the Cross Gates-Wetherby line until its closure, race day specials ran from Bradford Interchange to Wetherby. Wetherby Gasworks was opened...
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line to Wetherby (Cross Gates to Wetherby Line, 1876, closed 1964); a line to Castleford (Garforth to Castleford Line, 1878, closed 1969) and a line avoiding...
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station was a station in Thorner, West Yorkshire, England, on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line. It opened on 1 May 1876 and closed on 6 January 1964. It served...
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Smeaton. Penda's Way railway station (opened in 1939) on the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line was in the area but closed in 1964 before the Pendas Fields estate...
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1768. By 1821, the parish had a population of 1,481. The Cross Gates to Wetherby railway line opened in 1874, with a station in nearby Scholes, enabling...
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now a dance venue. The Harrogate to Church Fenton Line was augmented by the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line, which was opened on 1 May 1876. After construction...
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Road in Scholes, near the former Scholes station on the closed Cross Gates–Wetherby line. It was established around 1900 on glebe land bought by farmer...
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a station in Scholes, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line. It opened on 1 May 1876 and closed on 6 January 1964. The former...
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Burley Chapel Allerton Chapeltown Churwell City Centre Colton Cookridge Cross Gates Far Headingley Gamble Hill Gipton Gledhow Halton Harehills Hawksworth...
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although these claims are disputed. Bardsey railway station on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line opened in 1876 and closed in 1964. William Congreve (1670–1729)...
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York and Selby Lines (section Line details)
Stations on this section are: Leeds Cross Gates Garforth, the former junction with the Cross Gates–Wetherby line, closed in 1964 East Garforth, opened...
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line with return to Leeds via the junction at Wetherby with the Cross Gates–Wetherby line. The station has a small car park which is free to use for rail...
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railway station on the Cross Gates to Wetherby line serving the village of Bardsey, West Yorkshire connecting it with the town of Wetherby to the North and...
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Academy, Cottingley Cross Gates Primary School, Cross Gates Crossley Street Primary School, Wetherby Deighton Gates Primary School, Wetherby Dixons Trinity...
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close to the latter station, was the triangular junction with the Cross Gates–Wetherby line. The station had two side platforms. The station building, designed...
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between Harrogate, York and North Leeds. Lying in the centre of this area is Wetherby on the fringes of West Yorkshire. Despite mainly being an affluent area...
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Scholes Railway Station was opened in 1876, part of the Cross Gates to Wetherby line; the station and line closed in 1964. Local bus services are 64 and 11,...
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– An English Cross Country Railway. Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-33-1. "MP calls for reopening of York to Beverley rail line". York Press...
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Cross Gates and Wetherby. The Cross Gates Centre (formerly Arndale Centre) provides many high street shops which Seacroft lacks, while Wetherby's many...
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and Selby Railway Media related to Selby Line at Wikimedia Commons "Route Plans 2009: Route 10 North Cross-Pennine, North and West Yorkshire" (PDF)....
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period when over 18,000 houses were built by the council on 24 estates in Cross Gates, Middleton, Gipton, Belle Isle and Halton Moor. The slums of Quarry Hill...
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