Harrogate to Church Fenton Line

Harrogate to Church Fenton Line

Prospect Tunnel
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 393 ft (120 m)
Route map

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.

References

  1. ↑ Bertram, D. (February 1961), "The lines to Wetherby and their traffic", Trains Illustrated: 99–106
  2. ↑ Rogers, J. (2000), The railways of Harrogate and district, North East Railway Association
  3. ↑ 28 Days Later. Map of Royal Ordnance Factory No8., . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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