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	Leeds to Wetherby 1876 - 1966 North Eastern Railway	See Railway Ramblers gazetteer Leeds : NER Cross Gates - Wetherby east jn
Contributors:  © Reproduction prohibited / Phill Davison / Hugh Griffith The Route From junction on Leeds Selby at Cross Gates to Wetherby, via Penda’s Way (opened 1939), Scholes, Thorner, Bardsey, & Collingham Bridge. Opening  1st May 1876 Closure   Passengers - 6th  January 1964                          Freight - 27th  April 1964   Leeds to Wetherby Occupation bridge (20-09-06) : Phill Davison This pic is a farmers occupation bridge located near Barwick, Leeds. Bridge (20-09-06) : Phill Davison Scholes station is at the other end of this bridge.   Bridge (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Approaching old Scholes station site looking north. Scholes station (20-09-06) : Phill Davison Scholes station. It still standing & is a pub/restaurant called ‘The buffer’s’ these days. Note: Paul Holroyd From 1984 to July 1999 there used to be a railway carriage as part of 'The Buffers' restaurant, see http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2743 Scholes station (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Looking down from Scholes Lane onto old Scholes station site. Penda’s fields (20-09-06) : Phill Davison This is a soot blackened foot bridge at the back of penda’s fields, Leeds. Thorner station Thorner station (c1965) : Ian Willis I believe it is Thorner Station but have no documentary evidence (and of course cannot visit now). Thorner station (20-09-06) : Phill Davison The station entrance bridge to where Thorner station once stood. House (20-09-06) : Phill Davison I found this aptly named house on the site of the former Thorner station. Occupation crossing (20-09-06) : Phill Davison Occupation crossing approaching Thorner. Thorner lane bridge (23-05-10) : Phill Davison See the full set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/4631519431/in/pool-leedsrailways Thorner lane bridge (23-05-10) : Phill Davison Thorner lane bridge (23-05-10) : Phill Davison Thorner lane bridge (23-05-10) : Phill Davison Textured stonework more in keeping with a ruined Inca temple than the suburbs of Leeds.   Thorner lane bridge (23-05-10) : Phill Davison This LNER telegraph pole railway relic can be dated back to at least 1948. The LNER was one of the relatively short lived 'Big four' railway companies to exist between 1923 and 1948. I'm not sure if this would have been a standard GPO telegraph pole, or did the LNER markings mean this was an internal railway form of communication/signals? Footbridge (20-09-06) : Phill Davison A footbridge looking down the old track bed near the A64 Leeds Leeds/Barwick road bridge (20-09-06) : Phill Davison The old rail bridge across the Leeds/Barwick road. The bridge is actually a split personality. It was built as a single span & then doubled later. You can see the two different types of stone. Also the road is Leeds road on one side & Barwick on the other. Bridge (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Site of railway bridge over the Wharfe at Collingham. Wood lane (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Blocked of near Wood lane, Scholes, looking north Bardsey (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Emabankment to farm track bridge east of the road at Bardsey. Bardsey (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Track height at farm track crossing east of the road at Bardsey. Bardsey (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Over a farm track east of the road at Bardsey 1. Bardsey (06-07) : Hugh Griffith Over a farm track east of the road at Bardsey 2. Home