Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station

Wetherby
The station entrance sign
General information
LocationWetherby, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates53°55′48″N 1°23′48″W / 53.9301°N 1.3967°W / 53.9301; -1.3967
Grid referenceSE407486
Platforms2 through, 2 dock
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways (N.E. region)
Key dates
1 July 1902 (1902-07-01)Station opened as Wetherby
6 January 1964 (1964-01-06)Station closed

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 which had opened on 1 May 1876.[1]

After the construction of a double track line to allow through trains from Leeds to Harrogate via Wetherby,[1] York Road station closed and Wetherby's new station opened in 1902. It closed to passenger traffic on 6 January 1964 and to goods on 4 April 1966 under the Beeching axe.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cox, Tony (March 2007). "The Leeds – Cross Gates – Wetherby Railway". The Barwicker (85). Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :DS: was invoked but never defined (see the help page).