Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway

Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway
Former railway between Otley and Pool in Wharfedale
Overview
Status	partially closed
Owner	Midland Railway, North Eastern Railway
Locale	West Yorkshire
Termini	Ilkley Otley
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1865
Closed	1965
Technical
Line length	6+1⁄2 miles (10 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Legend MR to Skipton Ilkley Ben Rhydding Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley Jn to Leeds and Shipley, MR owned Menston High Royds Hospital Railway 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) This diagram: view talk edit

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+1⁄2 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.