York
station
 Opened 1877
York
station Pre 1908 : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
See also York |
  York
station c1980 : David Webdale
See also York
55s aplenty in those days. |
Poppleton
  Poppleton railway garden and little
trains : Phill Davison
Next to Poppleton railway station at the side of
the Leeds-Harrogate-York line is an overgrown unique relic of Britain's
once grand railway system. Britain’s last surviving railway nursery was
established during World War II to provide good quality vegetables for
railway canteens.
See the full set on Flickr |
  Poppleton railway garden and little
trains : Phill Davison
After the war it served railway hotels and
provided the hundreds of stations across Yorkshire and the North East
with the floral displays. It had a railway with a narrow gauge of two
feet, which brought the plants from the greenhouses to the distribution
point next to Poppleton station. |
Knaresborough
    Knaresborough (03-07-13) : Malcolm Mallison
Knaresborough isn’t lost, but I had to photograph the handover
of the pass for the single track section to Cattal before everything
is replaced by electronics. Retrieving pass from Leeds-bound train. |
 Knaresborough (03-07-13) : Malcolm
Mallison
Handing pass to York-bound train. |
 Knaresborough (03-07-13) : Malcolm
Mallison
And while we have the camera out...Leeds-bound train at platform |
 Knaresborough (03-07-13) : Malcolm
Mallison
Incoming train passing signal box |
 Knaresborough (03-07-13) : Malcolm
Mallison
Old water tower at one end of platform |
 Harrogate
& Starbeck
The route from Starbeck to Rippon & Northallerton,
including the Dragon junction section,
were closed in 1967.
The original 1848 Leeds & thirsk line between Pannal Junction & Starbeck
was closed on
7 October 1951.
The later 1862 section between Pannal Junction & Starbeck taking in
Harrogate & including
the tight curve over Crimple viaduct is the one still in use today.
Pannal Junction to Starbeck (Disused)
Pannal Junction to Starbeck : David Taylor
In 1859 a spur was built from the L&TR at Pannal Junction up to the Y&NMR
at Crimple Junction, between Prospect Tunnel and Crimple Viaduct, giving
Leeds trains a direct line in to Harrogate centre. A spur was built
northwards from Harrogate Station to re-join the L&TR at Bilton
Junction. The original L&TR line from Pannal Junction to Starbeck was
closed in 1951. (As kids in the days before Health & Safety madness we
used to play on the viaduct, although it was surrounded by farmland not
then a golf course.)
See also Leeds to Harrogate &
Church Fenton to Harrogate
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