Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway

Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway
Former railway between Otley and Pool in Wharfedale
Overview
Statuspartially closed
OwnerMidland Railway, North Eastern Railway
LocaleWest Yorkshire
Termini
Stations4
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Opened1865
Closed1965
Technical
Line length6+12 miles (10 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Ilkley
Ben Rhydding
Burley-in-Wharfedale
Burley Jn to Leeds and
Shipley, MR owned
Menston
Guiseley
Otley
Yeadon
Otley to Arthington, NER owned
Pool-in-Wharfedale
Esholt
NER to Harrogate
Baildon
Arthington
(2nd station)
MR to Shipley (Guiseley Jn)
NER to Leeds
MR to Leeds (Apperley Jn)

The Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway was a railway line running between the towns of Otley and Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The line was managed and run jointly by the Midland Railway (MR) and the North Eastern Railway (NER) and was 6+12 miles (10 km) long. Opened to passenger traffic on 1 August 1865 and freight traffic some months later, the line ran for almost 100 years before partial closure in July 1965 when the line to Otley closed. Today passenger services run over the rest of the line as part of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) Wharfedale Line.