Harrogate to Church Fenton Line
Harrogate to Church Fenton Line | |
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File:Prospect Tunnel.jpg
Prospect Tunnel
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Overview | |
Type | Heavy rail |
Status | Closed from Pannal junction to Church Fenton junction |
Locale | West Yorkshire |
Termini | Harrogate Church Fenton North Junction |
Stations | 8 |
Operation | |
Opened | 10 August 1847 |
Closed | 6 January 1964 (passengers), 30 November 1966 (goods) |
Operator(s) | York and North Midland Railway to 1854,
North Eastern Railway 1854–1923, London and North Eastern Railway 1923–1948, British Railways (N.E region) 1948 to closure |
Technical | |
No. of tracks | double |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Highest elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
The Harrogate to Church Fenton Line was a railway line opened by the York and North Midland Railway between 1847 and 1848 linking Harrogate and Church Fenton.
History
The Harrogate to Church Fenton Line is a former railway line in West Yorkshire, which ran from Harrogate to Church Fenton.[1] It was staked out by York and North Midland Railway in September 1845 and the line opened from Church Fenton to Spofforth on 10 August 1847.[2] The line from Spofforth and Harrogate was completed on 20 July 1848.
In 1901, a new south-to-west curve was built at Wetherby to enable trains from Harrogate to Wetherby to use the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line without reversal. Following this, a new passenger station serving Wetherby was opened on the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line and the Wetherby station on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line became goods-only.
In April 1942, the Thorp Arch circular railway was opened to serve Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory, which produced munitions. Trains accessed this single-track railway from the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line near Thorp Arch station [3]
Stutton station closed to passengers on 1 July 1905 but remained open for goods until the end of 1964.