Leeds Wetherby

Leeds to Wetherby
1899 - 1966
North Eastern Railway

See Railway Ramblers gazetteer
Leeds : NER Cross Gates - Wetherby east jn

Contributors: Phill Davison

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.

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

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 (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.

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.