Otley railway station

Otley
Location
Place	Otley
Area	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°54′04″N 1°41′29″W / 53.90099°N 1.69138°W / 53.90099; -1.69138Coordinates: 53°54′04″N 1°41′29″W / 53.90099°N 1.69138°W / 53.90099; -1.69138
Grid reference	SE203450
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway and Midland Railway (joint)
History
1865	Opened
1965	Closed
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An abandoned stone bridge spans the former track bed.

Otley railway station was a railway station serving the town of Otley in West Yorkshire, England. It was opened as a joint venture on the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, constructed by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway, on 1 February 1865. The station was closed on 22 March 1965. The Otley branch line joined Arthington, in the east, to Ilkley and Menston in the west via a junction known as Milnerwood. The length of the line was about six miles^[1] and spanned a range of terrain at the foot of The Chevin with a substantial cutting through a sandstone ridge near Milnerwood which can still be seen today by walking the footpath along the old track bed.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pool-in-Wharfedale		Midland Railway		Burley-in-Wharfedale or Menston

References

1. ^ "The Midland railway, its rise and progress, a narrative of modern enterprise". Frederick Williams, 1888. http://www.archive.org/stream/midlandrailwayit00willuoft/midlandrailwayit00willuoft_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
2. ^ "Remains of Otley Railway". 2009 photograph by T.J. Blackwell & 1888 source quote. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjblackwell/3444585467/. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 

External links

• Information and pictures about Otley Station
• Otley station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Railway junction diagram showing the Otley branch line in 1914