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Otley to Ilkley
1865 - 1965
Joint
North Eastern & Midland
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The Route
From Otley on the North Eastern Railway to Ilkey on the Midland
Railway,
via Burley in Wharfdale & Ben Rydding.
Length
6 1/2 miles.
Original Companies
The North Eastern Railway began operating between Arthington & Otley
on Feburary 1st 1865.
The Midland Railway was still constructing its line from Apperley
junction,
on the Leeds Shipley line, to Otley & Burley.
The two companies combined to construct & manage a joint line between
Otley & Ilkley.
Midland trains began running to Ilkley on August 1st 1865.
Opening
1st August 1865.
Closures
Passengers - Burley In Wharfdale to Arthington 20 March 1965.
Freight - Burley In Wharfdale to Arthington 5 July 1965.
Skipton to Ilkley - January 1966 (Ilkley then became a terminus) |
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Otley Station
 Opened
01-02-1865. Closed 22-03-1965.
Otley
Station facing north (01-05-05)
Taken from a footbridge crossing the A660T,
looking down Station road.
The site of the old Otley station, somewhere around here.
Loads of stone sets still remain, may have been part of the old access
road. |
 Otley
church yard Bramhope tunnel monument (01-05-05)
Monument to the 23 people killed during the
construction of the nearby Bramhope tunnel.
see Leeds to Harrogate
The monument was rebuilt using local stone back in 1913.
Made to look like the north portal. |
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